Businesses to discuss investment plans in Taiwan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-17 12:42

XIAMEN -- The Chinese mainland will soon send its businesses in various industries to visit Taiwan to discuss investment plans amid efforts to help the island cope with the global economic downturn, the mainland's Taiwan affairs chief Wang Yi said Sunday.

Meanwhile, the mainland will encourage Taiwan businesses to expand market on the mainland and participate in the mainland's construction of infrastructure and key projects, said Wang, director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, at a centerpiece conference of the Straits Forum that opened in the southeastern city of Xiamen on Saturday.

The mainland will expand the procurement of Taiwan products, encourage more mainland tourists to visit Taiwan, and promote the establishment of cross-Strait economic cooperation mechanism, he said.

The mainland will further open 11 of its technician qualification tests to Taiwan residents, allow Taiwan law firms to open branches in Fuzhou and Xiamen cities, and beef up the agricultural cooperation between the two sides, he said.