A press conference for the 14th Hunan-Taiwan cooperation conference on Economy and Trade is held on Oct 16. [Photo by Fu Jingyi/chinanews.com]

The 14th Hunan-Taiwan cooperation conference on Economy and Trade will be held in Changsha from Oct 30 to Nov 1 to launch 59 preferential policy measures for Taiwan people.

The conference, sponsored by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council People's Republic of China and the Hunan Provincial People's Government, will invite more than 400 guests from political, industrial, technological, media, and other fields of Chinese mainland and Taiwan. They will carry out exchanges, discussion, and cooperation related to science and technology, youth, and culture.

The conference consists of an opening ceremony, three main activities: the Cross-Strait Cultural Exchange Forum, the Hunan-Taiwan Technology Exchange and Industry Cooperation Meeting, and the Hunan-Taiwan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Communication Meeting, and two economic and trade cooperation conferences in Changde city and Yueyang city, Hunan province.

The achievements of Hunan-Taiwan exchange and cooperation over the past 30 years will be reviewed at the opening ceremony. The Hunan government will also issue the Hunan-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Exchange and Cooperation Opinions, which includes 59 preferential policies for Taiwan people involving economic and trade cooperation, technological innovation, employment and entrepreneurship, cultural exchanges, study, and daily life.