Group helps couples solve cross-Straits difficulties

New association offers counseling, works with government agencies

The country's first organization dedicated to providing counseling services related to marital matters for cross-Straits couples was set up in Beijing on Tuesday.

More than 320,000 residents from the mainland have tied the knot with people from Taiwan since 1987, when the two sides resumed people-to-people communications, Civil Affairs Minister Li Liguo said at the launching ceremony.