The Chinese mainland has decided to buy 300 tons Taiwan bananas
that have been selling sluggishly as an effort to ease the
situation.
The Beijing Fruit Co. Ltd, Shanghai Fruit Co. Ltd and Chaoda
Modern Agriculture Ltd. under the All China Federation of Supply
and Marketing Cooperatives signed an agreement on Saturday with
Taiwan Provincial Farmers Association and the Taiwan Provincial
Fruit Marketing Cooperative to buy a first batch of 300 ton bananas
from Taiwan.
The move came after Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Affairs
Office of State Council, made a promise?on Thursday that the
mainland will buy more bananas from Taiwan.
Chen saw off Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Honorary Chairman Lien
Chan at the airport of Xiamen in East China's Fujian Province?on Thursday, who was
there for a trade fair showcasing progress in cross-Straits
agricultural cooperation.
Lien learned that the bananas from Taiwan had suffered sluggish
sales. Farmers?in Taiwan?were worried about an
over-abundant harvest this year and hoped the CPC and KMT would
work through their platform to solve the problem.
Early in June, the Chinese mainland bought 200 tons surplus
bananas from Taiwan and received applause from Taiwan farmers.
(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2006)