Song Tao (right), director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, received a group of monk Xinbao (left), the abbot of Foguangshan Temple in Taiwan, in Beijing today.

Song Tao declared that he hoped that Fo Guang Shan would continue to inherit and carry forward Chinese culture, promote exchanges between the two sides of the strait, and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the strait, so as to make new contributions to the promotion of peaceful reunification and the realization of national rejuvenation.

(Taken from China Taiwan Network under the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council)

[Reporter Chen Yufu/Taipei Report] Song Tao, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China, has actively promoted "great exchanges" since he took office. After meeting with Kaohsiung village head and a visiting group of grassroots organizations on February 27, he received the abbot Xinbao of Taiwan's Fo Guang Shan Temple in Beijing today. a group of people.

Song Tao declared that he hopes that Fo Guang Shan will make new contributions to "promoting peaceful reunification" and "realizing national rejuvenation".

Scholars criticized that a penny cannot be knocked. Song Tao frequently met with Taiwan political parties and associations, the main purpose of which was to promote reunification with Taiwan.

Led by Liu Qifang, chief of Fengshan District, Kaohsiung City, including the chiefs of Zuoying, Sanmin, Fengshan, Yanchao and other districts, the chairman of the development association, representatives of residents and citizens' representative associations, 52 people recently formed the Kaohsiung District Chiefs and The visiting group of grassroots organizations went to Beijing to participate in Beijing-Taiwan grassroots community exchange activities and met Song Tao, Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

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When Song Tao met with the head of the village on the 27th, he said that the compatriots on both sides of the strait are a family, and the normalization of cross-strait exchanges is the common expectation of the compatriots on both sides of the strait.

"Adhering to the one-China principle will enable peaceful development of cross-strait relations and benefit Taiwan compatriots."

On the other hand, after Master Xingyun's death tribute ceremony was completed, the abbot of Fo Guang Shan Temple, Xin Bao, led a delegation to China recently and met with Song Tao on March 1.

Song Tao expressed to the visiting group that he hoped that Fo Guang Shan would persist in inheriting and carrying forward Chinese culture, promote exchanges between the two sides of the strait, and promote spiritual harmony between compatriots on both sides of the strait, so as to make new contributions to the promotion of peaceful reunification and the realization of national rejuvenation.

In this regard, Wu Sezhi, a researcher at the Cross-Strait Policy Association, said that the main work of Song Tao's taking over the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council is to carry out and negotiate unification. China's two sessions are about to be held. Before that, it does have political implications to arrange contact with Taiwan's associations.

In particular, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference involves the united front affairs against Taiwan. Song Tao first met with grassroots, religious, and social groups, which is very in line with the CCP's consistent united front operations.

Wu Sezhi analyzed that Song Tao talked about unification when he met with grassroots chiefs and religious groups, showing that "promoting unification" is an important aspect of Xi Jinping's work on Taiwan.

In addition, Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, will take over as the chairman of the CPPCC. In the future, there will be specific content in the area of ​​"promoting reunification" with Taiwan.

Wu Sezhi judged that Xi Jinping will continue to serve in five years. China has been trying to influence the 2024 presidential election. If the results of Taiwan's presidential election meet China's expectations, I am afraid that the specific actions of "promoting reunification" will begin, and Taiwan will face huge pressure from China. Pressure, the situation will become more and more unfavorable to Taiwan.

Wu Sezhi pointed out that the CCP can directly contact the village chiefs at the grassroots level in Taiwan and organizations from all walks of life, which is related to the relevant operations of the United Front Work Department in the past.

In other words, some organizations, associations, and people in Taiwan have long been noted by the Chinese side as being likely to be pro-China, or towards cross-strait reunification, which can be used for United Front operations.

He pointed out that most of the exchange partners chosen by the CCP are those who have no major political obstacles. For example, at the beginning of this year, the Kuomintang legislator Chen Yuzhen and others went to China for exchanges, and then the Kuomintang vice chairman Xia Liyan led a delegation to visit China. There are some clues to follow.

Whether or not these exchanges were initiated by Taiwan, I am afraid that a coin cannot be struck. The two parties must have a certain degree of agreement before they can meet and contact. These groups are conscious of doing such exchanges, and they just entered the context of the CCP’s united front. Inside, it became a model for the CCP’s united front against Taiwan.