Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association has been absent from SEF activities several times. Lai Baowen: It is not suitable to speculate on intentions.

The SEF recently held the "2026 Mainland Taiwanese Businessmen Autumn Festival Symposium and Networking Event".

The SEF recently held the "2026 Mainland Taiwanese Businessmen Autumn Festival Symposium and Social Events." However, the Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association has been absent from related activities several times. Li Baowen, deputy secretary-general of the SEF, said at a regular press conference on the 2nd that the Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association always fails to attend due to inconvenience or schedule conflicts. Based on the SEF's long-term position of assisting Taiwanese businessmen, it is not appropriate to speculate on the other party's intention to not attend.

Lai Baowen emphasized that the SEF hopes that Taiwanese business associations or cadres from all over China can support and participate in the three festivals and various activities of the SEF. Through mutual cooperation, we can jointly deal with various problems encountered by Taiwanese businessmen and Chinese people in China. Therefore, we hope that Taiwanese business associations in various places, including the Taiwanese Business Association in Shanghai, can participate in various activities of the SEF.

I was asked why the Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association did not attend, and whether there were similar situations in other regions? Li Baowen pointed out that as far as we can see so far, the attendance situation in various places is actually good. However, he emphasized that the SEF and the Taiwan Business Association have a long-term cooperative relationship, and it is not suitable to speculate on the other party's intentions of not attending.

Lai Baowen also said that at this Autumn Festival event, there was actually a Taiwanese businessman from Shanghai who signed up temporarily. The SEF personnel confirmed that the originally invited representative was temporarily unable to attend, so the Taiwanese businessman participated as an agent. Therefore, it was different from the situation where the SEF formally invited the Shanghai Taiwanese Business Association to send a representative to attend. Strictly speaking, there was a Taiwanese businessman from Shanghai on site.