KMT Chairwoman Makes First Visit to China in Ten Years Ahead of Xi Meeting

(MENAFN) Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of Taiwan’s main opposition party Kuomintang, arrived in China on Tuesday, marking the first visit by a KMT leader in ten years, ahead of an expected meeting with President Xi Jinping.

Cheng’s delegation plans to travel through Jiangsu province, Shanghai, and conclude in Beijing, with the trip continuing through Sunday, according to reports. The visit is viewed as a key step in fostering dialogue and exchanges between the KMT and China’s Communist Party under current regional conditions.

Media sources indicate that Cheng is expected to meet Xi at the end of her visit. The last KMT leader to meet Xi was then-chairman Eric Chu in 2015. A spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office emphasized that stronger dialogue between the parties could positively influence peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and support the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

Cheng said ahead of her trip that the visit would signal that the two sides “are not destined for war” and that any efforts to improve relations must be grounded in the “1992 Consensus” and opposition to “Taiwan independence.”

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