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KMT chairman arrives for cross-Straits forum
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-10 22:43

KMT chairman arrives for cross-Straits forum
Wang Yi (R, front row), chief of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Chinese State Council, welcomes Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (L, front row), at the airport in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 10, 2009. [Xinhua]

The establishment of the forum was agreed upon between the CPC and KMT leaders in April 2005. The mainland plans to announce a series of preferential policies for Taiwan at the forum.

About 500 people from the mainland and Taiwan will attend the forum, 270 of whom are from Taiwan, including representatives from the cultural, educational and trade circles and students representatives.

Chairman Wu will be joined by Yok Mu-ming, chairman of Taiwan's New Party, Chin Chin-sheng, Secretary-General of the People First Party, and Lin Pin-kuan, chairman of the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union.

A symposium on economic and trade cooperation across the Taiwan Straits will also be held during the two-day forum.