1992 Consensus basis for talks

A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Wednesday stressed the importance of the 1992 Consensus in cross-Straits affairs.

Fan Liqing, a spokeswoman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a regular news briefing that the 1992 Consensus should serve as the political basis for cross-Straits talks and negotiations.

In November 1992, the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation agreed that both sides should verbally express their adherence to the one-China principle.