Delegation of Mainland University Teachers and Students Departs for Taiwan Today, Taiwan Affairs Office: Looking Forward to Deepening Friendship Between Youth Students Across the Strait
On the morning of November 27th, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference in the press conference hall of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Spokesperson Chen Binhua answered reporters’ questions on recent hot-button issues across the Taiwan Strait.
At the press conference, a reporter asked about the Mainland university faculty and student delegation invited by the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation for Cultural and Educational Exchange that was departing for Taiwan today (November 27). The reporter inquired about the spokesperson’s expectations for this trip and the Mainland’s plans and measures for further promoting exchanges between youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
In response, Chen Binhua stated that the delegation of 40 faculty and students from seven universities, led by Academician Qiu Yong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the School Affairs Committee of Tsinghua University, had departed early this morning. They will engage in exchanges with six universities and one high school in Taiwan and visit relevant historical and cultural sites. Prior to this, various sectors in Taiwan, especially young students, had expressed high expectations and warm welcome for the delegation’s visit. He hoped that everything would go smoothly for the delegation in Taiwan and looked forward to the opportunity for youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to enhance exchanges and interactions, increase mutual understanding, and deepen their friendship.
Chen Binhua emphasized that youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are the most active and enthusiastic factors driving the development of cross-strait relations and should receive strong support from all sectors across the Taiwan Strait. We will continue to promote exchanges between youth from both sides, persistently build more platforms and create more opportunities for them to learn from each other, exchange ideas, and interact, so that youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait can become closer and more intimate through exchanges and interactions.
