Giant pandas to land in Taiwan by year-end, says mailand chief negotiator
4/11/2008 15:32
The Chinese mainland's chief negotiator for Taiwan relations said in
Taipei today that he hoped a pair of giant pandas would arrive in Taiwan by the
end of this year.
Chen Yunlin, president of the Association for Relations
Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), said this during his meeting with Chiang
Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), the
first ARATS-SEF summit ever held in Taiwan.
Chen said he would also give the
SEF Nyssaceae seed, an endangered flowering plant that grows on the Chinese
mainland. He hoped that they would be sowed on Taiwan soil.
On behalf of the
ARATS, Chen accepted two rare animals from Taiwan. One is an indigenous goat
with the scientific name of naemorhedus swinhoei, the other is a spotted
deer.
Chen said he would carry the affection of the Taiwan people back to the
mainland.
Xinhua
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