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"Taiwan people are not very familiar with the mainland, and many still harbor doubts and misunderstandings we hope the representatives of grassroots public opinion on the island can objectively introduce the mainland's development and their experiences here."

Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, as quoted on Sunday while attending a forum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, for representatives of grassroots public opinion from both the mainland and Taiwan.