Xia Liyan (pictured), vice chairman of the Kuomintang, will lead a delegation to visit China again on the 8th of this month.

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[Reporter Chen Yufu/Taipei Report] KMT Vice Chairman Xia Liyan will lead a delegation to visit China again on the 8th of this month and will meet with Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council Song Tao.

Chen Lifu, president of the Taiwan Professors Association, was criticized in an interview today. The CCP has changed senior officials related to Taiwan, and the KMT will also hold a primary election for the presidential nomination. Zhu Lilun sent Xia Liyan to visit China.

It is understood that the KMT delegation was led by Xia Liyan himself, accompanied by high-level party officials including Lin Zujia, special advisor to the party chairman and director of the mainland affairs department.

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Xia Liyan and his party plan to leave on February 8. The first stop will be Shanghai, and then transfer to Wuhan, Beijing and big cities along the Yangtze River to have discussions with local Taiwanese businessmen, students and compatriots. They will also meet with the newly appointed director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. When Song Tao meets, he may also meet Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China.

In this regard, Chen Lifu, president of the Taiwan Professors Association, analyzed that the Kuomintang will hold a presidential nomination party primary election. It is nothing more than seeking to communicate with China to bring peace. It claims to be a "peace spokesperson". It is necessary to obtain Beijing's approval first. It is hoped that China will support a certain policy or a certain person. If this process is not completed, there is no legitimacy to speak.

Chen Lifu pointed out that Song Tao has been the new head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council since Xi Jinping adjusted his Taiwan team. Even though some Kuomintang representatives had met Song Tao before, the Kuomintang Central Committee has not sent anyone to formally contact him. Zhu Lilun has to send a vice chairman. Xia Liyan went to see Song Tao on behalf of Zhu Lilun.

Chen Lifu criticized that the Kuomintang ignored China's Taiwan military exercise and sent Xia Liyan to visit China last year. As a result, even the director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council was not seen, and the CCP even let Xia Liyan go. win.

He mentioned that China has influence on the 2024 presidential election. It is very important for the Kuomintang to open up or direct Taiwanese businessmen to return. Only by establishing a trust relationship with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council as soon as possible can it be beneficial to the Kuomintang presidential election.