The Mainland Affairs Council said that the government has no policies or plans to promote the cross-strait bridge connection, and asked all sectors of society not to follow the issues set by the Chinese Communist authorities and release wrong messages at home and abroad.
Xiamen, China's Fujian Province, released "12 Measures to Promote Exchanges and Cooperation with Taiwan", claiming to promote the construction of the Jinxia Bridge and strive to open the main maritime line to traffic by the end of 2026. The Mainland Affairs Council said today that the government has no policies or plans to promote the cross-strait bridge connection, and asked all sectors of society not to follow the issues set by the Chinese Communist authorities and release wrong messages at home and abroad.
According to Xiamen's 12 measures for Taiwan, the contents include conducting research on the Xiamen-Jinjiang "Electricity Network" line channel and construction plan, accelerating the construction of supporting pipelines for the Dadeng LNG gas source station, continuing to promote the construction of the Jinmen-Xiamen Bridge (Xiamen Section) and striving to open the main maritime line to traffic by the end of 2026, and starting a study on the Kinmen Section plan. As well as promoting the construction of supporting passenger terminals for Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport and deepening the study of Kinmen's shared Xiamen new airport, reserving supporting facilities for Kinmen's dedicated terminal, promoting the docking of production and sales of Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products with Xiamen enterprises, optimizing the entry border inspection process for Taiwanese fishing boats, formulating Fujian and Taiwan special food standards for Xiamen, and cross-strait youth cultural heritage protection and exchange activities.
Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, pointed out that under the authorization of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Xiamen City in Fujian Province issued 12 measures against Taiwan on August 18, focusing on economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchanges, youth work, platform construction, service guarantees and other aspects. These measures are wide-ranging, highly targeted, and effective when implemented quickly, which will help inject new momentum into economic and trade cooperation, youth and cultural exchanges between Xiamen and Taiwan.
In this regard, the Mainland Affairs Council said that the so-called "construction of the Xiamen end of the Jinxia Bridge has started, and the main sea line will be opened to traffic by the end of this year" is China's unilateral project construction on the land side in order to promote the "Xi Five Articles" and the process of connecting the Jinxia Bridge in 2019, with political propaganda intentions.
The Mainland Affairs Council emphasized that the issue of the Jinxia-Xiamen Bridge involves public power matters on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and cannot be decided unilaterally by China. The current regional and cross-strait situation is complex and sensitive. In order to ensure national security and interests, the government has repeatedly stated to the outside world that it has no policy or plan to promote cross-strait bridge construction. We ask all sectors of society not to follow the issues set by the Chinese Communist authorities and release wrong messages at home and abroad.
