China News Service, Beijing, November 11 (Reporters Liu Dawei and Chen Jianxin) The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a regular press conference in Beijing on the 11th. Spokesperson Zhang Han answered reporters’ questions on recent hot topics such as Taiwanese companies’ return to the mainland.
Taiwan-owned personal computer brand companies Asus and Acer have transferred part of their production capacity in Thailand and Vietnam back to mainland China. This adjustment has attracted attention in Taiwan recently. In this regard, Zhang Han said that a tight and strong cross-Strait industrial and supply chain is not only conducive to the development and growth of Taiwanese companies and enhances the well-being of compatriots on both sides of the Strait, but is also conducive to the safety, stability and smooth flow of global industrial chains.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been embroiled in controversy recently. When asked whether related incidents would affect mutual trust between the cross-Strait technology industries, Zhang Han emphasized that cross-Strait industrial exchanges and cooperation and cross-Strait enterprises working together to develop are in line with the laws of the market economy and in the interests of enterprises on both sides. Including semiconductors, the cross-strait industrial and supply chains remain stable and strong, which is both an objective fact and a realistic demand.
The day of the press conference coincided with the "Double Eleven" e-commerce shopping festival. Zhang Han responded to the inquiry and said that the consumption boom set off by "Double Eleven" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait over the years is a vivid testimony of the close economic and trade ties between the two sides and the interconnected lifestyles of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The 33rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Leaders’ Meeting will be held in Shenzhen soon. Zhang Han said that the mainland has always handled Taiwan's participation in the meeting in accordance with the one-China principle and the provisions and practices of the relevant APEC memorandum of understanding. As long as the above practices are followed, Taiwan can participate in the conference.
That day is also the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People's Air Force. Zhang Han said that the people's army is becoming increasingly powerful, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, resolutely smashing all "Taiwan independence" separatist and foreign interference attempts, guarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and safeguarding the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation and the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
As for the popularity of Mainland China's artificial intelligence (AI) rap song "Come Over" and the "Dodge Step" dance instruction video on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, Zhang Han believes that resonance is the password. She said that she believes and expects that as cross-Strait exchanges become more frequent and in-depth, everyone will see more warm and vivid cultural works becoming the link between cross-Strait exchanges, allowing compatriots on both sides of the Strait to appreciate and support each other more.
In response to the DPP authorities' statement that in response to "transnational suppression" crimes, they have initiated the process of amending the "Anti-infiltration Law", Zhang Han said that this deliberate operation at this time is nothing more than a clumsy trick by the DPP authorities to further promote "green terror", amplify the "chilling effect", incite cross-strait confrontation and deceive the people.
At the press conference, Zhang Han also introduced the activities held in various places to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, as well as cross-strait exchange activities in various fields.
