What’s the key to peaceful development of cross-Strait ties?

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  Hello and welcome to World Today, I'm Ding Heng in Beijing.

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  First up.

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  The Communist Party of China Central Committee and General Secretary Xi Jinping have invited chairperson

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  of the Chinese Kuomintang Party to pay a visit to the Chinese mainland next month.

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  A CPC official says Chen Li-wen has expressed the desire to visit the Chinese mainland

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  multiple times since she took office in November.

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  Songtao, head of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee,

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  says Chen and her delegation will visit Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Beijing from April 7-12.

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  And on her part, Chen Liwen has accepted the Chinese mainland's invitation,

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  expressing her hope that both parties will work together to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait ties.

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  She also called for enhancing exchange and cooperation,

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  contributing to peace in the Taiwan Strait, and improving the well-being of the people.

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  So for more, joining us now on the line is Dr. Xiao Yuching, Director of the Institute for Taiwan, Hong Kong,

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  and Macau Studies with the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies.

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