CPC advisor urges better cross-Straits ties

CHENGDU, Sichuan - China's top political advisor urged the mainland and Taiwan to promote regularized and upgraded economic cooperation for the people's benefits on Saturday.

Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said cross-Straits economic cooperation is an "irresistible trend".

Jia said it is "unprecedented" for both sides to list bilateral trade exchanges as an important part of their economic plans, the mainland's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) and the island's "golden decade" blueprint (2011-2020).