KMT’s Policies on Taiwanese Businesses on the Mainland

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KMT’s Policies on Taiwanese Businesses on the Mainland

September 29, 2007

In a Taipei rally organized by Taiwanese businesspeople on the Mainland today, KMT Presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou said, “The DPP administration’s policies on Taiwanese businesses on the Mainland can be described as “five noes”, including not convenient, no guarantee, no support, no opportunities, and no dignity.”

He went on to propose the following program of ten points in developing cross-Strait economic and trade relations as the main policy goals upon KMT’s return to power:
1. Implementing cross-Strait weekend charter flights; immediately expanding the three small links; starting negotiations on cross-Strait direct transportation, reaching consensus in one year.

2. Immediate opening for tourists from the Mainland to visit Taiwan.

3. Opening for investment from the Mainland.

4. Opening for Taiwanese businesses on the Mainland to list on Taiwan’s stock exchange.

5. Opening for Taiwan’s financial industry to invest on the Mainland.

6. Lifting restrictions on Taiwanese businesses investing on the Mainland and simultaneously managing to control Taiwan’s technologies enjoying an edge.

7. Establishing cross-Strait common industry standards.

8. Pushing for signing an agreement on investment guarantee and an agreement on taxation.

9. Pushing for signing an agreement on cross-Strait agricultural cooperation on the premise of protecting and safeguarding the rights of Taiwanese farmers.

10. Establishing a mechanism for cross-Strait economic and trade cooperation and, furthermore, pushing for a cross-Strait common market.

“If anything mentioned above requires cross-Strait negotiations, we will reestablish the authorized mechanism for cross-Strait negotiations on the basis of the ‘consensus of 1992’ and ‘One China, different interpretations’,” Ma added.

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