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KMT Chairman departs for mainland visit

Xinhua, May 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eric Chu, Chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Party in Taiwan, departed from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on Saturday for a visit to the Chinese mainland.

Chu called for efforts to develop relations across the Taiwan Strait to benefit the next generation at a press conference on Friday evening.

Leading a delegation, Chu will attend the 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, which is scheduled to be held on May 3 in Shanghai, and then visit Beijing and meet with leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

The forum, initiated in 2006, is sponsored by the KMT and the CPC. Endit