Xiao Xiangqing, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Hunan Provincial Committee of Communist Party of China (CPC), said that the policies provide Taiwan people coming to study, work, start businesses, live, etc., with the same conveniences as Hunan residents. The 2018 Presidents Forum of Taiwan Associations will be held during the conference. A group of Taiwan businessmen from multiple arenas, including politics, business, science and technology, the press, etc., and representatives of Taiwan business and industry associations will attend the forum to discuss cooperation and promote economic and cultural development between Hunan province and Taiwan.

Hunan has become one of the most attractive provinces for Taiwan investment in Central China. The province has approved a total of 2,618 Taiwan-funded enterprises and projects, and has received 60 billion yuan ($8.67 billion) in investments. In the past eight months, 73 new Taiwan-funded projects were approved in the province, a year-on-year increase of 74 percent. The actual amount of Taiwan investment reached 3.935 billion yuan, an increase of 20.84 percent.

Three girls get their new permit cards for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan citizens living in Changsha on Sept 1. [Photo by Wang Haohao/chinanews.com]