KMT Calls on Government to Discard Ideology and Propose Concrete Actions for Cross-Strait Direct Flights and Tourism
The Kuomintang (KMT) has urged the government to abandon its "anti-China" ideology and present concrete action plans and clear timelines for key areas such as cross-strait direct flights and tourism. This call comes from the perspective of industrial development and people's livelihoods.
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The Chinese Kuomintang Central Committee recently released 10 measures for Taiwan, including the resumption of cross-strait passenger direct flights. The KMT today stated that it calls on the government to cast aside its "anti-China" ideology and, as soon as possible, propose concrete actions and clear timelines for key items such as cross-strait direct flights and tourism.
Regarding the resumption of cross-strait passenger direct flights, Li Qiyue, Vice Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the National Federation of Industries and Commerce, stated today that the significant reduction in cross-strait flight routes has led to persistently high airfares, increasing travel time and costs for the public. Recently, China officially sent a letter to Taiwan through the existing "Mini Two-Sides" tourism mechanism, urging the Taiwan government to promptly initiate "Mini Two-Sides" consultations to expand routes and destinations, thereby facilitating public travel and promoting tourism exchange.
The KMT issued a press release this afternoon stating that it calls on the government to cast aside its "anti-China" ideology and, as soon as possible, propose concrete actions and clear timelines for key items such as cross-strait direct flights, tourism, agricultural and fishery product exports, and facilitation of food import quarantine, so that the people of Taiwan can share the substantive benefits brought by exchanges.
The KMT stated that the National Federation of Industries and Commerce proposed six specific suggestions from the perspective of industrial development and people's livelihoods, indicating that the normalization of cross-strait exchanges, the recovery of the tourism market, the expansion of agricultural and fishery product sales, and the facilitation of food customs clearance are precisely the important directions that the industry generally expects to promote as soon as possible.
The KMT pointed out that in the face of rising global economic uncertainty, the government should seize any opportunity that is beneficial to Taiwan's industries and people's livelihoods. As long as measures are beneficial to the people, helpful to industries, and have a positive effect on Taiwan's overall economic development, they should be faced pragmatically and promoted actively, rather than "opposing China by default and blocking all exchanges."
The KMT stated that especially in the areas of cross-strait tourism, passenger direct flights, agricultural and fishery product and food exports, many measures already have practical operational experience. What is truly needed now is for the Democratic Progressive Party government to take responsibility and promptly restore normal exchanges to their usual track.
The KMT appeals to the government not to let the well-being of the people lose to ideology, nor to let Taiwan's industries struggle in place. It should be people-oriented and industry-based, and promptly propose concrete plans and clear schedules for the six key points raised by the Federation of Industries and Commerce and related cooperation matters, so that cross-strait cooperation develops in a stable, orderly, and mutually beneficial direction, allowing the people of Taiwan to share the substantive results brought by cross-strait exchanges. (Editor: Lin Kelen, Lin Xingmeng) 1150420
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Regarding the resumption of cross-strait passenger direct flights, Li Qiyue, Vice Chairman of the Tourism Committee of the National Federation of Industries and Commerce, stated today that the significant reduction in cross-strait flight routes has led to persistently high airfares, increasing travel time and costs for the public. Recently, China officially sent a letter to Taiwan through the existing "Mini Two-Sides" tourism mechanism, urging the Taiwan government to promptly initiate "Mini Two-Sides" consultations to expand routes and destinations, thereby facilitating public travel and promoting tourism exchange.
The KMT issued a press release this afternoon stating that it calls on the government to cast aside its "anti-China" ideology and, as soon as possible, propose concrete actions and clear timelines for key items such as cross-strait direct flights, tourism, agricultural and fishery product exports, and facilitation of food import quarantine, so that the people of Taiwan can share the substantive benefits brought by exchanges.
The KMT stated that the National Federation of Industries and Commerce proposed six specific suggestions from the perspective of industrial development and people's livelihoods, indicating that the normalization of cross-strait exchanges, the recovery of the tourism market, the expansion of agricultural and fishery product sales, and the facilitation of food customs clearance are precisely the important directions that the industry generally expects to promote as soon as possible.
The KMT pointed out that in the face of rising global economic uncertainty, the government should seize any opportunity that is beneficial to Taiwan's industries and people's livelihoods. As long as measures are beneficial to the people, helpful to industries, and have a positive effect on Taiwan's overall economic development, they should be faced pragmatically and promoted actively, rather than "opposing China by default and blocking all exchanges."
The KMT stated that especially in the areas of cross-strait tourism, passenger direct flights, agricultural and fishery product and food exports, many measures already have practical operational experience. What is truly needed now is for the Democratic Progressive Party government to take responsibility and promptly restore normal exchanges to their usual track.
The KMT appeals to the government not to let the well-being of the people lose to ideology, nor to let Taiwan's industries struggle in place. It should be people-oriented and industry-based, and promptly propose concrete plans and clear schedules for the six key points raised by the Federation of Industries and Commerce and related cooperation matters, so that cross-strait cooperation develops in a stable, orderly, and mutually beneficial direction, allowing the people of Taiwan to share the substantive results brought by cross-strait exchanges. (Editor: Lin Kelen, Lin Xingmeng) 1150420
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