General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee Hu
Jintao met with Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung at the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing this afternoon.
It is the first meeting between chiefs of the two parties since positive
changes took place in Taiwan.
Hu shook hands with Wu, and they posed for a group photo with the other
officials of the two parties.
Hu expressed warm welcome to Wu and other members of the KMT visiting group,
calling the visit a major event for relations between the CPC and the KMT and
relations between the mainland and Taiwan.
He expressed hope that on the basis of previous exchanges and dialogues, the
two parties would further exchange their views on promoting the improvement and
development of relations between the mainland and Taiwan and facing the future
together, jointly work for peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan
Strait.
