Lien Chan, president of the Kuomintang (KMT), Friday said he is
pleased to accept the official invitation for him to visit the
mainland by the mainland side, according to reports by Taipei local
media.
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Lien said this at a news conference in Tokyo, which was held for
Japan-based reporters from Taiwan.
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Lien is now in Japan to visit the 2005 Aichi Expo.
The KMT delegation has completed all its tasks for the mainland
journey, smoothly, said KMT Vice President Chiang Pin-kung on
Friday evening when he and other members of the delegation arrived
at the Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei.
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Chiang held a news conference at the airport. He described the
mainland tour a "remembrance, business and bridge-building" one. He
recalled the delegation's mainland tour and meetings with mainland
officials including Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and member of the
Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC)Central
Committee Political Bureau.
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According to Chiang, Jia invited KMT President Lien Chan to visit
the mainland, on behalf of CPC Central Committee General Secretary
Hu Jintao.
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What has been agreed in the talks between the KMT delegation and
the mainland side will be very helpful for promoting the
cross-Straits economic and trade exchanges, he said.
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During the tour, from March 28 to April 1, the delegation visited
the KMT martyr's tomb, in Guangzhou, the Sun Yat-sen Tomb, in
Nanjing, and the Sun Yat-sen's Cenotaph, in Beijing. Chiang said
that this trip has made him better aware about the greatness of Mr.
Sun Yat-sen whose enormous achievements are worth memorizing.
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The other major purpose of the KMT delegation's visit is to build
up a "makeshift bridge" for the cross-Straits communication and
realizing "cross-Straits harmony", according to the KMT vice
president.
(Xinhua News Agency?April 2, 2005)