A meeting on employment and entrepreneurship for Taiwan youth was held in Tianjin, a port city in North China on March 27, according to people.com.cn.

Around 90 representatives, including business delegates and Taiwan students of Peking University and Tsinghua University attended the forum.

The forum, co-hosted by the Taiwan Affairs Office of Tianjin Municipality, the Tianjin Binhai CBD Administrative Committee, the China Communist Youth League Tianjin Committee, the Tianjin Youth Federation and the Youth Committee of Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits, was a bridge for exchanges of innovative ideas and entrepreneurial resources.

Yu Weizhong, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Tianjin, said that student communications across the Taiwan Straits have been frequent and lively, adding that the students are all eager to put what they’ve learned at school into practice.

You Chunhui, a PhD student at Tsinghua University, said “Tianjin offers many preferential policies for Taiwan youth to set up their own businesses here. Finding and making full use of these resources is quite important.”

Wang Wen, a postgraduate student from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and her sister Wang Yun, have been preparing to establish a company in Tianjin. They said that they will combine “Internet Plus” with the traditional catering industry.

In July, 100 openings will be available to Taiwan students in Tianjin according to the Taiwan Affairs Office of Tianjin.

Tianjin boasts various entrepreneurial areas, such as the free trade zone and the Binhai New Area. Under the Beijing-Tinajin-Hebei Region initiative and the “Belt and Road” program, the city has become a magnet for Taiwan students and entrepreneurs.