Complete national reunification a historical reality

Taiwan was under Japanese occupation from 1895 until Japan surrendered to the Allied forces in 1945 which ended World War II. Yet the island's reunification with the motherland didn't last long as the Kuomintang leadership fled to the island when the Communist Party of China defeated Kuomintang in the civil war in 1949.

Henceforth, due to some political factors including foreign intervention in China's internal affairs, the island has remained separated from the motherland. For 70 years, Beijing has made the complete reunification of the Chinese nation one of its principal tasks.

Thanks to the untiring efforts of all compatriots, including those across the Taiwan Straits, the country has made great achievements on the economic, social and political fronts. And the Chinese mainland has become the world's second-largest economy and cross-Straits relations have made major breakthroughs in peaceful development.