The mainland and Taiwan adopted 19 joint proposals at the Ninth Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, one of which encourages the island to cooperate with the new Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
Publishing firms from Taiwan are expecting a bigger slice of the market in the Chinese mainland and they hope authorities on both sides can further boost the book trade.
China's top political advisor, Yu Zhengsheng, called for deepening mainland-Taiwan economic cooperation in order to further improve cross-Straits ties and reinvigorate the Chinese nation.
The ninth Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a key platform for comprehensive communication between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, kicked off Saturday in Nanning.
Senior officials from Hong Kong said that Beijing and Hong Kong should cooperate to promote the involvement of private capital in the financial industry.
Beijing-Hong Kong ties will be strengthened this year with a pledge by planners from both cities to boost their common prosperity.
Chinese Taipei lifter Kuo Hsing-Chun won the gold at the women's 58-kilogram category competition of the World Weightlifting Championships on Tuesday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung said Tuesday in Beijing that the Hong Kong government will seek justice for the families of the victims and injured people in the Hong Kong hostage crisis in Manila three years ago.
Authorities at the Macao Special Administrative Region for the first time declared the personal assets of officials and other high-ranking public servants on Saturday in a move to further intensify its anti-graft efforts.
Hong Kong's daily renminbi settlement has exceeded that of the Hong Kong dollar, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, underlining the yuan's increasing internationalization.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung will leave here for Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the 17th Beijing-Hong Kong Economic Co-operation Symposium next Wednesday, the local government's website said Friday.
Individual tourists from the mainland to Taiwan outnumbered those on package tours during the recent seven-day holiday, said a mainland spokeswoman on Wednesday.