Li Bingcai, standing deputy director of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), told a gathering of overseas Chinese here that the Chinese government is always determined to promote economic exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Straits and to seek common prosperity of the two sides.

He said the mainland will never withdraw its efforts to work sincerely for the benefits of compatriots in Taiwan.

Li, heading a delegation of the Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs officials, is on a six-day U.S. tour to inform the Chinese American community, including those originally from Taiwan, of the Chinese government's position on the Taiwan issue.

The Chinese mainland has been consistently sticking to the one-China policy and advocating for an ultimate reunification with Taiwan through maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and facilitating a healthy development of the cross-Straits ties, stressed Li, who had met with representatives of the Chinese American communities in New York and Chicago earlier.

About 80 representatives of various overseas Chinese groups in the greater Los Angeles area were present at the Sunday gathering.

Li and his delegation arrived in the United States on July 18.