China Taiwan Network reported on January 5 that former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou went to Mingchuan University to give a speech on the evening of the 4th, attracting nearly 400 students, of which about a quarter were mainland students. Ma Ying-jeou spent about 50 minutes on his speech, but he asked questions for more than 90 minutes and answered questions. According to Taiwanese media reports, a mainland female student asked Ma Ying-jeou that she had only been in Taiwan for half a year, but even if she was studying for a degree, she could only stay for 4 years. If wants to stay in Taiwan after graduation, she can only become "some wife" and cannot stay as "me". "If you want to work and live, you have to rely on a man."
The mainland student asked Ma Ying-jeou, when will the mainland student open to work in Taiwan and do not have to get married? After hearing this, Ma Ying-jeou said that in this regard, there are some difficulties in "legality". Taiwan has discussed it for a long time just by opening up mainland students to come to Taiwan, and even fought in the "Legislative Yuan".
Ma Ying-jeou believes that for peaceful development between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, we must strengthen youth exchanges. He said that the policy of mainland students is inevitably strict at the beginning, but now the "three limits and six no" have been loosened. Recently, the Taiwan authorities are willing to include mainland students in health insurance, but he does not agree to let mainland students bear the full premium.
Regarding the issue of mainland students staying in Taiwan after graduation, Ma Ying-jeou mentioned that in Taiwan, the " overseas Chinese students " originally had job salary restrictions, but it was later changed to "comment" (comment quota system: study experience, salary level, language ability, special expertise, and "diversified review standards" such as cooperation with the authorities' industrial policies, and the company to be hired to apply for the issuance of work permits for Taiwan). The Taiwan authorities should think about whether this system can be used on the mainland students.
He said that is not the ruling person now and cannot agree to the request of the mainland student immediately, but "as long as I am still there, I will push in this direction." (China Taiwan Network Wang Siyu)
