The central government's policies to promote cross-Straits trade and investment ties over the past year include measures to accelerate development of the Wes Coast Economic Zone.
The first plane of a new cross-Strait air route took off from Taipei's Songshan Airport Monday morning, heading towards Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport.
The mainland reached a basic consensus with Taiwan on Sunday over the main plank of a landmark trade pact, after experts from both sides finished the third round of negotiations in Beijing.
Experts from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan Sunday started their third round of talks in Beijing to pave way for a long-awaited pact to boost cross-Strait economic ties.
A Taiwanese man was arrested Saturday for allegedly being member of a gang that lures people in the Chinese mainland to transfer money, Thai media reported.
The Chinese mainland purchased 800 tons of bananas from Taiwan in late May, after sales in the island stalled earlier that month, a mainland spokeswoman said Saturday.
Negotiations on the long-awaited Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have made pronounced progress and are approaching completion, said a Taiwan affairs spokeswoman Saturday.
A Chinese mainland spokeswoman said Saturday that it was possible the mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Wang Yi would visit the island if the time and circumstances were appropriate.
The Chinese government would introduce more favorable policies to help Taiwan-funded enterprises continue to develop on the mainland, a mainland spokeswoman said here Saturday.
Taiwan's high court upheld former leader Chen Shui-bian's conviction on graft charges on Friday but cut his life sentence to 20 years, in a small victory for the man who once excited great passions on the island but is now largely ignored.
Taiwan's high court Friday sentenced the island's former leader Chen Shui-bian to 20 years in jail for corruption, changing the previous sentence of life imprisonment, according to local TV stations.
For Josephy Mnyanya, a 14-year-old boy from Malawi, Africa, is biologically his homeland but China offers the nutrients for his growth.
Polar icebreaker Snow Dragon arrives in Antarctic
Xi's vision on shared future for humanity
UN's top environmental honors go to three in China
German trains collide near Duesseldorf, several people injured
China beats Germany 7-4 in men's curling Olympic qualification
Bayern beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 in UEFA Champions League
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
