Straits Forum looks for solutions

Wang Yang, China's top political adviser, emphasized on Wednesday the mainland's commitment to expanding economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Straits despite obstacles put in place during the past two years.

"The peaceful development of cross-Straits relations has met with great obstacles since 2016," Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said at the 10th Straits Forum held in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Wednesday.

However, he added that with deeper cross-Straits exchanges, a community of shared future on both sides of the Straits has increasingly become a vivid reality.