A two-day forum on furthering exchanges in medical care between
the Chinese mainland and Taiwan opened in Beijing on Monday.
Around 400 medical professionals will discuss issues including
investment, hospital administration and employment
opportunities.
"The forum is being held to implement the consensus reached
between CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao and Lien
Chan, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) opposition
party in Taiwan, to promote cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation
in medical care," said Yin Dakui, head of the China Medical Doctor
Association.
The "China Medical Doctor Association" in the Chinese mainland
and an association in Taiwan for promoting cross-Straits
cooperation in medical care are jointly sponsoring the forum. They
expressed their hope that the forum will become an annual event to
provide a long-term platform for cross-Straits exchanges.
The forum is another major event in increasing exchanges across
the Taiwan Straits, following a trade forum and an agricultural
cooperation forum held recently by the CPC and the Kuomintang.
(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2006)