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Mainland expects breakthroughs in setting up offices across Strait
The Chinese mainland hopes to make breakthroughs this year in setting up ARATS and SEF offices on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said Wednesday.
Yang Yi told reporters at a regular press conference that the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) have concluded two rounds of negotiations on the issue and reached a consensus.
Entrusted with handling cross-Strait affairs, the two organizations have decided to formally list the issue as a negotiation topic and will communicate, said Yang, adding that he hopes the two organizations will make breakthroughs this year.
As for mainland individual tourists visiting Taiwan, Yang said it is appropriate to allow residents in more mainland cities to visit the island as individual travelers. When the time is right, civic groups from both sides will discuss detailed issues on allowing residents of more mainland cities to travel to Taiwan as individual tourists.
On April 1, Taiwan authorities will raise the daily limit of mainland individual tourists visiting the island from 1,000 to 2,000, while the number of daily group tourists will be raised from 4,000 to 5,000.
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杨毅说，两会互设办事机构，宗旨是为两岸民众服务、推动两岸关系和平发展。两会已经就这个议题交换过两轮意见，达成一致。双方决定将两会互设办事机构正式列入协商议题，并适时进行业务方面的沟通。希望两会能够就此抓紧协商，争取在年内有所突破。
在应询介绍个人游试点城市商谈情况时，杨毅表示，逐步增加大陆居民赴台个人游的试点城市，这个方向是确定的。总的原则还是稳步推进、逐步扩大。具体什么时候再增加，增加多少个城市，可以由两岸旅游民间组织具体商量。
据了解，两岸旅游民间行业组织此前在今年第一次工作磋商中已就提高大陆居民赴台旅游每日人数进行过沟通，并经海协会、海基会换文确认。台湾方面将自今年4月1日起，将大陆居民赴台团队游的每日上限，从4000人上调至5000人;大陆居民赴台个人游每日上限，从1000人上调至2000人。 |
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发表于 2016-7-11 09:57:15