Mainland and Taiwan aviation authorities have decided to slash cross-Straits airfares by 10 to 15 percent to boost tourism, Li Jiaxiang, director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, said on Sunday.
Airlines from both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have decided to slash cross-Strait airfares by 10 to 15 percent, the mainland's chief aviation official said Sunday.
The number of Chinese mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan is expected to hit 1 million in 2010 after the January-to-May figure shot up 90 percent compared with the same period last year, a mainland official said Sunday.
China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin said Sunday that signing a sweeping economic pact similar to a free trade deal across the Taiwan Strait would benefit the long-term development of both economies.
Top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Sunday called for broader, deeper and larger-scale exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in a bid to push forward the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan kicked off the largest-ever grassroots-forum in Southeast China's city of Xiamen Saturday evening. Top official urges deeper ties 
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Mainland to slash cross-Strait airfares
Promoting cross-strait exchanges and cooperation to seek common development has become a mainstream of public opinion in Taiwan and general consensus of both sides, said Jia Qinglin.
The Chinese mainland and Taiwan kicked off the largest-ever grassroot-level forum Saturday evening, as more than 10,000 Taiwanese are expected to come to the mainland's boomtown Xiamen in the next seven days.
Taiwan's High Court on Friday ruled that the island's ex-leader Chen Shui-bian will remain in custody for another two months.
The second Straits Forum will be held in nine cities in Fujian province from June 19 to 25. Sixty-two organizations from both sides of the Taiwan Straits will jointly run the one-week pageant, which consists of 24 events.
The first Straits Forum was held in four cities in Fujian province from May 15 to 22 last year with more than 10,000 people participating, including 8,000 from 25 cities in Taiwan.
Through increasingly frequent exchanges in recent years, a strong bond has formed between the mainland and Taiwan. Large cross-Straits people-to-people exchanges have been the driving force for the improving relationship.
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