Visiting Shanghai to Discuss "Chinese-Style Fashion", Hung Hsiu-chu: Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Opportunities
Former KMT Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu attended a "Chinese-Style Fashion" event in Shanghai, advocating for cross-strait youth cooperation to create entrepreneurship and employment opportunities. She emphasized linking Taiwan's cultural creativity with mainland China's market to expand global influence and called for resuming cross-strait cultural exchanges and peaceful unification.
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(Central News Agency reporter Li Ya-wen, Shanghai, 25th) Former Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman and Chairperson of the Chunghwa Blue Magpie Peace Education Foundation, Hung Hsiu-chu, stated today at an event that "Chinese-style fashion" creates entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for youth across the Taiwan Strait. She believes that combining Taiwan's cultural and creative aesthetics with mainland China's market scale can expand their influence globally.
The "Chinese-Style Fashion: 2026 Chinese Aesthetics Fashion Development Conference" was held this morning in Shanghai. Hung Hsiu-chu, Deputy Director Zhao Shitong of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng, and Shanghai Vice Mayor Lu Shan attended the conference.
Hung Hsiu-chu mentioned in her speech that she is often asked about her attire having a "distinct oriental flavor," to which she attributes her "natural choice of culture that I identify with."
She said that Chinese-style fashion is not merely about retro styles; it is about transforming the profound 5,000-year Chinese culture into a part of everyday life. Promoting Chinese-style fashion means that culture gives soul to industry, and industry grounds culture. More importantly, the goal is to create entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for youth across the Taiwan Strait, which is a common endeavor for both sides.
She emphasized that both sides of the Strait share the same culture and origin, and Taiwan possesses delicate creativity in cultural and creative design and lifestyle aesthetics, while the mainland has strong advantages in market scale and industrial integration. If both sides cooperate to promote the development of Chinese-style fashion, its influence can be pushed globally. However, she lamented that "the tensions in cross-strait relations in recent years have forced many cultural exchanges to be interrupted."
Hung Hsiu-chu stated, "We have always advocated that the two sides of the Strait must return to the 1992 Consensus and oppose 'Taiwan independence' as the foundation for restoring mutual trust, deepening exchanges, and achieving the ultimate goal of peaceful unification."
She said that she will continue to promote young people rooting themselves across the Strait, diligently integrating resources, and providing assistance; "This is not just about preserving tradition, but also about establishing our own cultural discourse power, making the soft power of Chinese civilization a powerful force to lead world trends."
Zhao Shitong mentioned at the meeting that CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping and KMT Chairperson Cheng Li-wen met and delivered speeches, pointing the direction for the development of cross-strait relations. This Chinese-style fashion event upholds the concept of inheriting and promoting Chinese culture, and is bound to become an important platform for promoting cross-strait cultural exchanges.
Zhao Shitong put forward three points at the meeting. He said that the two sides of the Strait should firmly adhere to cultural roots and be inheritors of Chinese aesthetics; they should deepen cross-strait cooperation, strengthen cooperation in design research and development, brand co-building, talent cultivation, and market expansion, sharing mass market opportunities and jointly expanding the fashion landscape, "deepening spiritual affinity through industrial integration."
He emphasized that youth across the Strait are the main force for fashion innovation, and they should be "participants in national rejuvenation," firmly "opposing separatist actions for Taiwan independence," jointly promoting Chinese culture, and enhancing national identity, cultural identity, and national identity, "working hand in hand to advance the unification of the motherland."
Gong Zheng stated at the meeting that cultural exchanges between Shanghai and Taiwan have been extensive for a long time, with many Taiwanese cultural enterprises and creative talents developing in Shanghai. Upholding the concept of "one family across the Strait," Shanghai will implement 10 policy measures to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, strengthen the promotion of Shanghai-Taiwan cultural exchanges and cooperation, focusing on cultural industry cooperation, increasing cultural exchange activities (such as film festivals), and strengthening the cultivation of young talents. (Edited by Chou Hui-ying) 1150425
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(Central News Agency reporter Li Ya-wen, Shanghai, 25th) Former Kuomintang (KMT) Chairwoman and Chairperson of the Chunghwa Blue Magpie Peace Education Foundation, Hung Hsiu-chu, stated today at an event that "Chinese-style fashion" creates entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for youth across the Taiwan Strait. She believes that combining Taiwan's cultural and creative aesthetics with mainland China's market scale can expand their influence globally.
The "Chinese-Style Fashion: 2026 Chinese Aesthetics Fashion Development Conference" was held this morning in Shanghai. Hung Hsiu-chu, Deputy Director Zhao Shitong of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng, and Shanghai Vice Mayor Lu Shan attended the conference.
Hung Hsiu-chu mentioned in her speech that she is often asked about her attire having a "distinct oriental flavor," to which she attributes her "natural choice of culture that I identify with."
She said that Chinese-style fashion is not merely about retro styles; it is about transforming the profound 5,000-year Chinese culture into a part of everyday life. Promoting Chinese-style fashion means that culture gives soul to industry, and industry grounds culture. More importantly, the goal is to create entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for youth across the Taiwan Strait, which is a common endeavor for both sides.
She emphasized that both sides of the Strait share the same culture and origin, and Taiwan possesses delicate creativity in cultural and creative design and lifestyle aesthetics, while the mainland has strong advantages in market scale and industrial integration. If both sides cooperate to promote the development of Chinese-style fashion, its influence can be pushed globally. However, she lamented that "the tensions in cross-strait relations in recent years have forced many cultural exchanges to be interrupted."
Hung Hsiu-chu stated, "We have always advocated that the two sides of the Strait must return to the 1992 Consensus and oppose 'Taiwan independence' as the foundation for restoring mutual trust, deepening exchanges, and achieving the ultimate goal of peaceful unification."
She said that she will continue to promote young people rooting themselves across the Strait, diligently integrating resources, and providing assistance; "This is not just about preserving tradition, but also about establishing our own cultural discourse power, making the soft power of Chinese civilization a powerful force to lead world trends."
Zhao Shitong mentioned at the meeting that CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping and KMT Chairperson Cheng Li-wen met and delivered speeches, pointing the direction for the development of cross-strait relations. This Chinese-style fashion event upholds the concept of inheriting and promoting Chinese culture, and is bound to become an important platform for promoting cross-strait cultural exchanges.
Zhao Shitong put forward three points at the meeting. He said that the two sides of the Strait should firmly adhere to cultural roots and be inheritors of Chinese aesthetics; they should deepen cross-strait cooperation, strengthen cooperation in design research and development, brand co-building, talent cultivation, and market expansion, sharing mass market opportunities and jointly expanding the fashion landscape, "deepening spiritual affinity through industrial integration."
He emphasized that youth across the Strait are the main force for fashion innovation, and they should be "participants in national rejuvenation," firmly "opposing separatist actions for Taiwan independence," jointly promoting Chinese culture, and enhancing national identity, cultural identity, and national identity, "working hand in hand to advance the unification of the motherland."
Gong Zheng stated at the meeting that cultural exchanges between Shanghai and Taiwan have been extensive for a long time, with many Taiwanese cultural enterprises and creative talents developing in Shanghai. Upholding the concept of "one family across the Strait," Shanghai will implement 10 policy measures to promote cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, strengthen the promotion of Shanghai-Taiwan cultural exchanges and cooperation, focusing on cultural industry cooperation, increasing cultural exchange activities (such as film festivals), and strengthening the cultivation of young talents. (Edited by Chou Hui-ying) 1150425
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