Cross-Straits links to support merchants

Taiwan merchants are welcome to participate in the Chinese mainland's development, particularly in the service industry, the upgrading of the traditional manufacturing sector and emerging business sectors, said a government official.

"Taiwan merchants are the participants, contributors and benefiting parties of trade cooperation between the mainland and Taiwan," said Wang Bingnan, vice-minister of commerce, at the 2018 annual conference for entrepreneurs from across the Taiwan Straits held in Xiamen, Fujian province.

He said the mainland will always be an important engine for global trade and stabilizer of economic growth, and Taiwan merchants are welcome to participate in the mainland's development.