Beijing offers Taipei economic aid
21-12-2008
Beijing has said it would be willing to meet any requests for help from Taiwan, during the financial downturn. Jia Qinglin, the fourth most senior Communist party leader, said Beijing was willing to make it easier for Taiwanese companies to trade and invest in the mainland, help them obtain financing and cooperate in technological development. Mr Jia was opening a two-day meeting in Shanghai of more than 400 delegates from the mainland and Taiwan. Last Monday, the two sides opened direct daily passenger flights, new shipping routes and postal links for the first time in six decades.
