The Mainland Affairs Council of the DPP authorities announced yesterday (22nd) that it would open four categories of mainland, Hong Kong and Macao people to apply for entry. All sectors of Taiwan are concerned about whether the "Miscellaneous Three Connections" and cross-strait waypoints will be restarted and expanded. Qiu Chui-zheng, vice chairman of the Mainland Affairs Council, said that the "Miscellaneous Three Links" will "of course be restarted" in the future, which is also under the consideration and plan of Taiwan's official authorities. Although it is not included in this adjustment measure, the epidemic situation inside and outside the island and the interaction between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will be evaluated in the future and the "rolling review and adjustment in sequence." According to Taiwanese media reports, Taiwan’s “government and opposition” are optimistic about restarting the “mind three links”.
DPP "legislator" He Zhiwei said that Wang Guocai, former head of the DPP authorities' transportation department, promised that if the "border" is open, the "small three links" should be opened. After all, compared with other places, Taiwan's opening speed is indeed slower. He believes that opening up is the expectation of the whole people, not only transportation, but also economic and trade activities can return to normal.
People's Party "Legislator" Zhang Qilu believes that it is also a good thing to relax the "small three links". Most parts of the world have relaxed their "borders", and Taiwan must also be in line as soon as possible.
Korean Party "legislator" Hong Mengkai pointed out that three months ago they visited Kinmen to inspect the construction of Kinmen Bridge . Kinmen County Mayor Yang Zhenzhen told them that Kinmen people are very much looking forward to the "small three links". But at that time, the Mainland Affairs Council officials pushed the responsibility to the "epidemic command center", and the "command center" said yesterday that the Mainland Affairs Council would plan. Unblocking should not be treated differently. It should be open from a scientific perspective. Officials should not blame each other for responsibilities, but should be responsible.
As for the outside world's concerns about the possibility of an increase in cross-strait waypoints, the Mainland Affairs Council said that the opening of cross-strait air and passenger waypoints must be evaluated according to the needs of travel, and also involves epidemic control in mainland China and the procedures such as licensing of civil aviation departments between the two sides. It still needs to be communicated by cross-straits before it can be implemented in practice. The relevant "ministerial meeting" will continue to conduct a careful assessment of the overall situation. The Mainland Affairs Council also said that there are no comments from aviation operators who want to increase their waypoints.
In fact, the DPP authorities have repeatedly obstructed the resumption of the "small three links". Taiwan's " United News Network " published a commentary article on September 12 saying that "small three links" are an important traffic pipeline on the outer island and are particularly important for Kinmen. Many local people's work and life are related to Xiamen . Objective mainland tourism is also one of the important economic pillars of Kinmen, which has caused the county government to repeatedly call for the "small three-way" resumption of flights. Recently, it has also called for the three-stage gradual resumption of flights, but it has not received a positive response from the DPP authorities.
Regarding the issue of restoring the "small three links", Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, once emphasized that the same old saying is still the same, the suspension of the "small three links" was made unilaterally by the DPP authorities at the beginning of the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020. The person who tied the bell still needs to untie it. To recover, they must take practical actions. (Lin Jingxian/editor)
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