Mainland to work harder to hear from Taiwan grassroots

Cross-Straits economic cooperation should never be undermined because it can benefit people on both the mainland and Taiwan, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.

Mainland authorities will take more proactive measures to hear the voices of people in Taiwan, especially from the grassroots, to ensure that cross-Straits economic exchanges benefit more people, Xi said.

Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks while meeting with Taiwan's People First Party Chairman James C.Y. Soong on Wednesday morning in Beijing.