KMT chair Cheng Li-wun's calls meeting with Xi a success, hopes to invite Xi to Taiwan
發佈日期: 2026-04-10 19:57
TVB News
Cheng Li-wun described the meeting between the leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party as successful. She also expressed wishes to invite President Xi Jinping to visit Taiwan one day.
After meeting President Xi Jinping, Kuomintang chairwoman Cheng Li-wun returned to her hotel.
When asked about how she felt about the meeting, she responded with a smile and a thumbs-up.
Cheng held a press conference in the afternoon, saying the meeting -- the first between leaders of the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party in a decade -- unfolded against the backdrop of heightened cross-strait tensions.
She says the mainland respects Taiwan compatriots' social system and chosen way of life -- which differ from those on the mainland.
She says Xi also hopes Taiwan can recognise the mainland's development achievements.
Cheng says the meeting proves that the only political basis for cross-strait dialogue is to adhere to the 1992 Consensus and oppose "Taiwan independence."
The Kuomintang needs to prove to Taiwanese young people the practical significance of this consensus.
She says "we must keep pace with the times, in ways that are appropriate for the current conditions, so young people can understand the challenges we face at the moment, and how to avoid precipitating wars."
She also thanked Xi Jinping for his goodwill, noting that the Chinese leadership is open to dialogue with all political parties in Taiwan.
She says she hopes that all political parties in Taiwan should put aside their differences and work together for peace.
She also hopes the KMT -- if elected to lead the island -- can invite Xi to visit Taiwan in the future.
Taiwan's broadcaster TVBS quoted veteran political commentator and former chairman of Broadcasting Corporation of China Jaw Shaw-kong as saying that Xi Jinping has emphasised the 1992 Consensus, while downplaying political confrontation, suggesting that Cheng Li-wun has likely opened the door to peace for Taiwan.
