Xi says no wavering in reunification  

習近平總書記會見臺灣和平統一團體聯合參訪團

中共中央總書記習近平26日上午在人民大會堂會見臺灣和平統一團體聯合參訪團。習近平首先高度肯定參訪團各位成員為推動兩岸關系發展、推進國家和平統一進程作出的積極貢獻。他指出，當前兩岸關系雖然面臨一些新情況新問題，但和平發展的大趨勢沒有改變。兩岸同胞應該堅定信心、攜手努力，繼續推動兩岸關系和平發展，共同開創中華民族偉大復興的光明前景。[查看全文]

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said on Friday that China took "a firm and unwavering stance" on national reunification.

At the Great Hall of the People, Xi told a visiting Taiwanese delegation composed of pro-reunification groups that cross-Strait peaceful development would not change despite new problems facing the Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

He called on both sides to strengthen confidence and work for the nation's rejuvenation.

The delegation led by New Alliance Association chairman Hsu Li-nung and New Party Chairman Yok Mu-ming started a six-day visit to the mainland on Wednesday with plans to visit Beijing and Nanjing, at the invitation of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee.

The delegates include representatives from more than 20 groups, including the New Party, New Alliance Association, the Alliance for the Reunification of China, the Labor Party of Taiwan and the China Tide Association.

In Beijing, they will visit the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and an exhibition in Beijing's Zhongguancun, known as "China's Silicon Valley" .

In Nanjing, the delegation will visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.