Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

China forum endorses cooperation

|
|
 
  
Published: July 12, 2009 at 8:56 PM

CHANGSHA, China, July 12 (UPI) -- Chinese mainland and Taiwanese participants in an economic, trade and culture forum agreed to cooperate on many levels, the event's leadership said Sunday.

"The forum not only pointed out why the two sides should push forward cultural and educational exchanges and cooperation, but answered how to achieve the goal," said Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference said of the fifth Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Culture Forum.

Acknowledging the two Chinas share common language, the forum proposed scholars cooperate to develop software that will bridge gaps between simplified and traditional Chinese characters, the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

Other suggestions for cooperation included conservation of antiquities, setting up media bureaus in each other's territory, creating joint television and film projects, and allowing universities to exchange students.

"The forum is open and comprehensive," said Wang Yi of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Taiwan Work at the closing ceremony. "People are welcome here to sit together and have peaceful discussion as long as they agree to improve the cross-strait relations and do something concrete for people from both sides."

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
The Tibetan Moniam Festival in China Super Bowl XLVI ticker tape victory parade The making of the Oscars
The Chicago Auto Show The Most Desirable Women of 2012 Tu Bishvat Migron settlement
Additional Top News Stories
1 of 25
Meryl Streep and Colin Firth attend the "BAFTA" ceremony in London
View Caption
fark
Not many companies can claim that their net domain address clearly explains what it is that the...
"Any self-important, self-propagating elitist, I will happily bare my buttocks to"
You don't have to be too smart to coach high school sports. Just smart enough to not post nude photos...
There's vandalizing your school, and then there's doing a million dollars damage to your school
Police say Taylor Burnham, 18, was only wearing cowboy boots as she led police on a Sunday morning...
If you're working as a dog groomer and accidentally chop off a dog's ear, don't try to glue it back,...