Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, met with the visiting Vice Chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang Xia Liyan and his delegation in Beijing on the 9th. We should work together for peace in the Taiwan Strait, for the well-being of our compatriots and for the rejuvenation of our nation. We will continue to uphold the concept of "one family on both sides of the Taiwan Straits", respect, care for and benefit Taiwan compatriots, deepen exchanges and cooperation in various fields on both sides of the Taiwan Straits, and promote the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. Xia Liyan said that in the face of the changes in the Taiwan Strait, he hoped that the two parties would continue to communicate, cooperate in good faith, deepen mutual trust, gather and assimilate differences, improve the rights and interests of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and promote the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations on the basis of the "1992 Consensus" and the opposition to "Taiwan independence". (Xinhua News Agency)