Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman-elect of the Chinese Kuomintang Party
(KMT) in Taiwan, promised on Sunday he would work to promote peace
and development across the Taiwan Straits.
"After I take up the post of KMT chairman, I will follow the
five-point consensus outlined in the joint press communiqué signed
by our two parties on April 29, 2005, and continue to work for
peace and development across the Taiwan Straits," Wu said.
Wu made the remarks in a return message to Hu Jintao, General Secretary the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who had earlier
sent him a congratulatory message.
The said communiqué was signed during a landmark visit to the
mainland by the then KMT chairman Lien Chan, after his meeting with
Hu Jintao in Beijing.
"I sincerely hope that the KMT and the CPC will work together
for the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan
Straits, continue to promote the peaceful and steady development of
cross-Straits relations, and join hands to create a bright future
for the Chinese nation," reads Hu's message
Wu, an incumbent KMT vice chairman, was elected new chairman of
the KMT on Saturday.
Wu, born in 1939, graduated from Taiwan-based Cheng-kung
University, and had been the secretary-general of KMT's Central
Committee, head of Taoyuan County and mayor of Taipei before he was
elected the KMT vice chairman in 2000.
(Xinhua News Agency April 8, 2007)