Today, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Fujian to Explore a New Road for Cross Strait Integration and Development and Build a Demonstration Zone for Cross Strait Integration and Development". Cong Liang, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated at the meeting that in recent years, Fujian has actively promoted the planning and construction of transportation infrastructure, built a comprehensive and three-dimensional transportation network, and has already possessed the engineering and technical capabilities to connect the high-speed channels of Fujian and Taiwan, laying a good foundation for improving the level of infrastructure connectivity between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Currently, various sectors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have long hoped for direct infrastructure connectivity between the two sides. We must work together to achieve the dream of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait easily crossing the Taiwan Strait by high-speed rail as soon as possible, and promote more goods from Taiwan to travel to the Eurasian market by taking the China Europe freight train and other services, better benefiting compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Cong Liang introduced that we will continue to strengthen the layout and construction of major logistics infrastructure such as logistics hubs, focus on improving the basic guarantee level of Fujian Taiwan economic and trade cooperation, and formulate special measures to relax market access for Fujian Taiwan cooperation around industries that have a significant impact on promoting the integration and development of Fujian and Taiwan. We will deploy a number of policy measures to optimize market access. Encourage the Fujian Free Trade Zone pilot zone to expand its pilot program with Taiwan, further support the innovative development of small-scale trade with Taiwan, and actively explore systems and policies to promote smooth economic and trade cooperation.
The mainland has built the world's largest energy system, and the achievements of green energy transformation have attracted worldwide attention. The scale of hydropower, wind power, and photovoltaic power generation has been the world's first for many years, with the world's most advanced wind and photovoltaic production capacity and long-distance power transmission and transformation capacity. Especially in Fujian Province, the development of clean energy is rapid, and the shallow beaches outside Minnan are suitable for the development of offshore wind power, which is suitable for large-scale transmission of green power to Taiwan. We are willing to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and jointly promote the green transformation and development of energy between the two sides.
Cong Liang stated that in recent years, we have increased our efforts to promote the common standards between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. We have formulated 99 common standards in areas such as cold chain logistics, elderly care, and food safety, providing multifunctional services and "one-stop" standardized services for small and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan. The Opinion proposes to "build a cross strait standard common service platform, and encourage cross strait industry academia research enterprises to jointly formulate industry common standards.". We will focus on the areas of people's well-being on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, further strengthen the sharing and exchange of standards and information, and provide more accurate, efficient, and standardized information services for enterprises on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.