Power links enhance cross-Straits relationship

Preliminary planning of an electricity grid that will send mainland power to Jinmen and Matsu - islets near Taiwan that also lie off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province - has been completed, according to a national lawmaker from Xiamen.

The province has also finished plans for a water pipeline to Matsu, said Chen Zixuan, a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress, during a panel discussion at the ongoing gathering of the top legislature in Beijing on March 6.

"The province has already finished preparatory work and will continue to promote the integrated development of Fujian and Taiwan" said Chen, who is deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Xiamen People's Congress.