More than 470 college and middle school students from Taiwan Provicne
?met with their Beijing counterparts Monday to start a
week-long exchange program in the capital city.
Sponsors hope the program will strengthen young people's affection
for their motherland and promote understanding between Beijing and
Taiwan youth. This is the fifth such program since 1999, and more
than 1,000 Taiwanese students have participated so far.
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the Beijing municipal government,
Fengtai District government and Beijing Municipal Science
Association are sponsoring the program.
At the opening ceremony, the students signed their names to the
slogan, "Meeting in 2008" to express their wishes for 2008
Olympics, which will be held in Beijing.
Students from 14 colleges and middle schools in Taiwan Province are
participating.
They will visit sites of historical interest in the national
capital and join in such activities as literature reading, folk
music performance, handicraft display and speeches on the Olympics,
space exploration and folk cultures.
(Xinhua News Agency July 12, 2004)