Beijing, China — Wang Huning, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has called for strengthened efforts to promote unity with Taiwan and advance national reunification. Speaking at a conference on Taiwan affairs held in Beijing this week, Wang emphasized the importance of maintaining initiative and steering cross-strait relations.
Wang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, highlighted the need to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus. He urged support for Taiwan compatriots and patriots who desire reunification, while resolutely opposing any actions aimed at “Taiwan independence.”
He advocated for enhanced cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, including expanding personnel exchanges and supporting Taiwan-funded businesses on the Chinese mainland. Wang emphasized creating favorable conditions for young people from Taiwan to pursue and fulfill their dreams on the mainland, fostering integrated development that allows residents of Taiwan to share in the opportunities and outcomes of Chinese modernization.
Additionally, Wang called for firm opposition to external interference and stressed the importance of consolidating the international community’s commitment to the one-China principle. He underlined the need to implement the Party’s overall policy for resolving the Taiwan question in the new era and to strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee over work related to Taiwan.
Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.
