Heron Island in midsummer, with phoenix flowers blooming and sea breeze blowing. This year's Straits Forum is the largest cross-strait folk exchange event held after the smooth transition of the mainland's epidemic prevention and control. Inside and outside the venue, guests from both sides of the Taiwan Strait gathered together, shook hands and hugged each other, saying "Long time no see. Peace, development, exchange, and cooperation are the common aspirations of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Since its establishment in 2009, the Straits Forum has been adhering to the concept of "one family on both sides of the Straits" for 15 years. With distinctive folk, grassroots and broad characteristics, it is an important platform to promote extensive exchanges between all walks of life on both sides of the Straits and to promote cross-strait non-governmental exchanges and cooperation. Despite being affected by the epidemic and obstructed by local residents in recent years, compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait still actively participate in the conference through online and offline means. The Straits Forum is an important platform for grassroots communication. From economy and trade to tourism, from education to sports, over the past 15 years, the Straits Forum has "embraced all rivers", involving more and more types of activities and sector organizations; Taiwan compatriots, regardless of party, industry, region, age, or age, can participate in the process of cross-strait exchanges. Today, the Straits Forum has formed a forum meeting and cross-strait exchanges in four major sectors: grassroots, youth, culture and economy. It has become a "carnival" with the largest number of cross-strait cooperation participants, the largest scale of activities, the widest range of coverage and the most folk color. The Straits Forum is an important platform for youth. Youth is the future of cross-strait relations. In the past 15 years, the Straits Forum has provided a platform and opportunity for cross Straits youth exchanges and exchanges. Many Taiwanese youth have formed ties with the mainland through this forum, finding a stage to realize their dreams here, experiencing the rapid development and changes of the mainland, and feeling the passionate affection of families on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. When they come to the Straits Forum again, they often send such a sigh: only when they cross the Straits, can they know how big the world is! The Straits Forum is an important platform for the implementation of achievements. Over the past 15 years, the Straits Forum has always adhered to respecting, caring and benefiting Taiwan compatriots, and launched a series of policies and measures that benefit Taiwan compatriots and facilitate cross Straits exchanges and cooperation. The first Straits Forum announced eight measures to benefit Taiwan, including direct cross-strait flights and "three links"; At the second Straits Forum, the Civil Aviation Administration launched seven new measures to promote the development of air transport across the Straits; At the seventh Straits Forum, the mainland announced that Taiwan compatriots were exempted from endorsement and card type Taiwan compatriots cards were implemented for their exchanges with the mainland... At this year's Straits Forum, the mainland announced that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council had formulated the Opinions on Supporting Fujian to Explore a New Road for Integrated Development across the Straits and Build a Demonstration Zone for Integrated Development across the Straits. Although the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Commission previously claimed to prohibit Taiwanese civil society organizations from participating in forums and threatened them with so-called "violations of the law"