He Luli, vice-chairwoman of the Standing Committee of China's
National People's Congress (NPC), said?Thursday that
cross-Straits relations have entered a new development stage
featuring peace and stability.
Thanks to a series of proactive, practical, flexible and
effective measures of the Communist Party of China Central
Committee in 2005, cross-Straits relations have developed towards
peace and stability despite disturbances caused by the Taiwan
authorities, she said.
He, also chairwoman of the Revolutionary Committee of the
Chinese Kuomintang, made the remarks at a New Year gathering of the
party.
The four points on developing cross-Straits relations made by
President Hu Jintao and the Anti-Secession Law have dealt a
forceful blow to Taiwan separatist forces, she said.
Visits to the mainland last year by leaders of Taiwan's major
parties, the Kuomintang Party, People First Party and New Party,
have initiated new ways of exchanging ideas for cross-Straits
parties and deepened mutual understanding.
But she also stressed that the Taiwan authorities' desire for
independence has not changed and that the danger of seeking
independence through so-called "constitutional revision" still
exists.
"The struggle against the Taiwan separatists is still arduous,"
she said.
She urged the people across the Taiwan Straits to stick to the
one-China principle and work with overseas Chinese to oppose and
curb Taiwan separatists and safeguard national sovereignty and
territorial integrity.
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(Xinhua News Agency January 13, 2006)