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09TAIPEI713
2009-06-16 07:03:00
CONFIDENTIAL
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TAIPEI 000713
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC
STATE PASS USTR FOR STRATFORD AND ALTBACH, TREASURY FOR
OASIA/WINSHIP AND PISA, NSC FOR LOI, COMMERCE FOR
4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TW CH
SUBJECT: TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
JULY KMT-CCP FORUM
Classified By: Economic Chief Hanscom Smith for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
C O N F I D E N T I A L TAIPEI 000713
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC
STATE PASS USTR FOR STRATFORD AND ALTBACH, TREASURY FOR
OASIA/WINSHIP AND PISA, NSC FOR LOI, COMMERCE FOR
4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TW CH
SUBJECT: TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
JULY KMT-CCP FORUM
Classified By: Economic Chief Hanscom Smith for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) The KMT announced on June 10 that the fifth round of
the Cross-Strait Economic and Cultural Forum (aka the KMT-CCP
Forum )will be held in Changsha on July 10-11. Senior
officials of the KMT's National Policy Foundation (NPF) and
Zheng Lizhong, Deputy Director of the PRC's Taiwan Affairs
Office (TAO),set the agenda for the Forum during a June 10
meeting in Taipei. The two sides agreed on three topics for
discussion at the Forum: the preservation and innovation of
Chinese culture, promotion of cross-Strait culture-related
industry, and the expansion of cross-Strait cooperation on
educational exchange. In addition, the Forum will include a
symposium on cross-Strait economic and trade exchange. An NPF
contact suggested that there would also be discussion related
to climate change and alternative energy. A total of
approximately 400 PRC and Taiwan Scholars and experts (200
from each side) are slated to attend the Forum. Outgoing KMT
Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung will head the KMT delegation, and KMT
Deputy Secretary Chang Jung-kung told us that Honorary KMT
Chairman Lien Chan will also participate.
2. (C) Zheng Lizhong, leading a six-person delegation,
arrived in Taiwan at noon on June 10 and was hosted at a
banquet by Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K.
Chiang on the same day. During his visit, Zheng was also
scheduled to have meetings or meals with other leaders,
including Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan, People First Party
Chairman James Soong, and Taichung Mayor Jason Hu. In
addition to Taipei, Zheng traveled to other areas, including
Yilan County and central and southern Taiwan, to gain greater
understanding of Taiwan and insight into private sector views
on implementation of direct cross-Strait air, shipping and
postal links.
3. (C) Chang Jung-kung told us that Zheng's schedule was not
being publicly released in order to avoid incidents or
demonstrations such as those PRC Association for Relations
Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice President Zhang
Mingqing encountered in Tainan last October. Zheng wanted to
get out and see Taiwan after having been cooped up in his
hotel during his previous visit, and was hoping to meet with
some moderate DPP figures, Chang noted. Among other places,
Zheng would be visiting Taichung, Sun Moon Lake, Chiayi,
Tainan, and Kaohsiung, from where he would be flying back to
China. Chang said he had to turn down one of Zheng's requests
- to visit at crowded night market in Taipei - in order to
avoid the possibility of an incident.
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR EAP/TC
STATE PASS USTR FOR STRATFORD AND ALTBACH, TREASURY FOR
OASIA/WINSHIP AND PISA, NSC FOR LOI, COMMERCE FOR
4431/ITA/MAC/AP/OPB/TAIWAN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD TW CH
SUBJECT: TAIWAN VISIT OF PRC OFFICIAL LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR
JULY KMT-CCP FORUM
Classified By: Economic Chief Hanscom Smith for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.
1. (C) The KMT announced on June 10 that the fifth round of
the Cross-Strait Economic and Cultural Forum (aka the KMT-CCP
Forum )will be held in Changsha on July 10-11. Senior
officials of the KMT's National Policy Foundation (NPF) and
Zheng Lizhong, Deputy Director of the PRC's Taiwan Affairs
Office (TAO),set the agenda for the Forum during a June 10
meeting in Taipei. The two sides agreed on three topics for
discussion at the Forum: the preservation and innovation of
Chinese culture, promotion of cross-Strait culture-related
industry, and the expansion of cross-Strait cooperation on
educational exchange. In addition, the Forum will include a
symposium on cross-Strait economic and trade exchange. An NPF
contact suggested that there would also be discussion related
to climate change and alternative energy. A total of
approximately 400 PRC and Taiwan Scholars and experts (200
from each side) are slated to attend the Forum. Outgoing KMT
Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung will head the KMT delegation, and KMT
Deputy Secretary Chang Jung-kung told us that Honorary KMT
Chairman Lien Chan will also participate.
2. (C) Zheng Lizhong, leading a six-person delegation,
arrived in Taiwan at noon on June 10 and was hosted at a
banquet by Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K.
Chiang on the same day. During his visit, Zheng was also
scheduled to have meetings or meals with other leaders,
including Honorary KMT Chairman Lien Chan, People First Party
Chairman James Soong, and Taichung Mayor Jason Hu. In
addition to Taipei, Zheng traveled to other areas, including
Yilan County and central and southern Taiwan, to gain greater
understanding of Taiwan and insight into private sector views
on implementation of direct cross-Strait air, shipping and
postal links.
3. (C) Chang Jung-kung told us that Zheng's schedule was not
being publicly released in order to avoid incidents or
demonstrations such as those PRC Association for Relations
Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice President Zhang
Mingqing encountered in Tainan last October. Zheng wanted to
get out and see Taiwan after having been cooped up in his
hotel during his previous visit, and was hoping to meet with
some moderate DPP figures, Chang noted. Among other places,
Zheng would be visiting Taichung, Sun Moon Lake, Chiayi,
Tainan, and Kaohsiung, from where he would be flying back to
China. Chang said he had to turn down one of Zheng's requests
- to visit at crowded night market in Taipei - in order to
avoid the possibility of an incident.
YOUNG
YOUNG