Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin said Saturday that the sound development of relations between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan "must be maintained" and "progress must be advanced."
More than 10,000 people in Taiwan are expected to cross the Taiwan Straits to attend a week-long forum to be held in the mainland's southeastern city of Xiamen starting Saturday evening.
Taiwan's leader has overseen the destruction of 2.3 tons of beverages believed to be tainted with a dangerous chemical.
More than 10,000 people from both the Chinese mainland and Taiwan are expected to attend a weeklong forum to be held in the mainland's southeastern city of Xiamen starting Saturday evening, organizers said.
The Chinese mainland has suspended imports of 948 Taiwanese products, including beverages, food products and food additives that are produced by 280 companies suspected of using a cancer-causing plastic additive.
Macao authorities has started to recall Taiwan cookies found to be tainted with toxic plasticizer DEHP after they were found on local shelves, the Macao Daily Times reported on Thursday.
Taiwan is considering a mobile phone ban in schools after World Health Organisation's warning that such devices lead to an increased risk of cancer, AFP reported.
Tourists from selected cities of the Chinese mainland will be able to travel across the Taiwan Straits as individual tourists by the end of June, said a senior mainland negotiator here on Wednesday.
The Center for Food Safety in Hong Kong called on the food trade to immediately stop the use and sale of 23 kinds of fruit syrup and juice, which were produced in Taiwan and might have been contaminated with di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), a plasticizer.
The mainland's top quality watchdog has stepped up its ban on imports of products from Taiwan that have been contaminated by an industrial chemical used to soften plastic packaging.
Chinese mainland's quality authorities has stepped up its ban on imports of products from Taiwan that had been contaminated by an industrial chemical used to soften plastic products.
Authorities in Southeast China's coastal provinces on Thursday continued to crack down on imports of food and beverage products from Taiwan over fears that they might have been contaminated by an industrial chemical used to soften plastic products.