Hainan University Establishes Taiwan Research Center to Explore Taiwan-Related Issues in Free Trade Port

(Central News Agency reporter Chang Shu-ling, Beijing, 7th) Multiple universities in China have successively established Taiwan research institutions, with the latest being Hainan University. Scholars say that the university's Taiwan Research Center aims to align with the institutional advantages of the free trade port and provide decision-making references for cross-strait exchanges.

According to Hainan University News Network, on April 30, the unveiling ceremony of the Hainan University Taiwan Research Center and the Cross-Strait Integration Development Seminar were held at the School of Marxism. Fu Zhi-guan, chairman of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League Hainan Provincial Committee, Chen Xian-cai, director of Xiamen University Taiwan Research Center, and Li Hu, party secretary of Hainan University, attended the ceremony.

Chen Xian-cai stated that the Hainan University Taiwan Research Center serves the national strategy towards Taiwan, aims to be based on the characteristics of the free trade port, closely align with the institutional advantages of the Hainan Free Trade Port, and provide decision-making references for Hainan to build a frontier window for cross-strait exchanges; striving to build a distinctive Taiwan research highland "based in Hainan, facing both sides of the strait, and radiating to the South China Sea."

Li Hu stated that he requested the center to actively serve Hainan's development, focusing on Taiwan-related issues in the construction of the free trade port, and forming high-quality policy recommendations in key areas such as industrial complementarity between Hainan and Taiwan, youth exchanges, and cultural identity.

According to澎湃新聞 (The Paper), in recent years, several provinces have successively established Taiwan-related research institutions.

On April 25, the signing ceremony for the co-establishment of the Taiwan Research Institute by Liaoning University, Liaoning Provincial Taiwan Compatriots Association, and Shenyang City Taiwan Compatriots Association was held at the Puhe Campus.

On August 26, 2025, the Jiangxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences Taiwan Research Center was officially inaugurated in Nanchang. This is the first Taiwan Research Center in Jiangxi Province.

In May 2025, the unveiling ceremony of the Southwest University Taiwan Research Center was held. According to the university, this is the first Taiwan-related research institution in a Chongqing university, and it has gathered 44 scholars engaged in Taiwan-related research.

In addition, according to incomplete statistics, mainland China already has Xiamen University, Peking University, Beijing Union University, Tsinghua University (Beijing), and Zhejiang Gongshang University establishing Taiwan Research Institutes; Shanghai Jiao Tong University has a Taiwan Research Center; Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law have Taiwan Research Institutes. (Editor: Chou Hui-ying) 1150507

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