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"We stand firmly opposed to any form of separatist activities aimed
at 'Taiwan independence' and will never allow anyone to split
Taiwan from China by any means," Premier Wen Jiabao said on Friday
morning.
"With the utmost sincerity, we will do everything possible to
bring about the peaceful reunification of the motherland,"
according to the government work report made available to press
prior to Wen's address to the national legislature's annual
session.
The Chinese mainland will adhere to the basic principle of
"peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" and, during
this current stage, to the eight-point proposal for developing
relations across the Taiwan Straits and promoting the peaceful
reunification of the motherland, the report notes.
"We will vigorously expand visits of individuals across the
Straits and economic and cultural exchanges and energetically
promote establishment of the 'three direct links' between the two
sides."
The Chinese mainland will protect the legitimate rights and
interests of the Taiwan compatriots on the mainland in accordance
with the law and continue to pursue the resumption of dialogue and
negotiations between the two sides on the basis of the one-China
principle, it says.
The report reiterates the "unshakable goal" to maintain the
long-term stability and prosperity of Hong Kong and Macao and the
"full support" to the chief executives and governments of the two
regions.
The Chinese mainland will act in strict accordance with the
basic laws of the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative
regions, the report says.
"We will unite as broadly as possible people from all walks of
life in Hong Kong and Macao and effectively implement the Closer
Economic Partnership Arrangement between the mainland and Hong Kong
and the mainland and Macao."
(China Daily March 5, 2004)
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