The 30-member delegation of the New Party in Taiwan, headed by Chairman Yok Mu-ming, arrives in Beijing Sunday morning. Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee greeted the delegation at the Beijing Capital International Airport. (Xinhua Photo)

The Chairman of the New Party in Taiwan said his delegation's arrival in Beijing yesterday was the most important part of their trip to the mainland.
"It is the most important leg that will clinch the point in our trip," said Yok Mu-ming.
The delegation was greeted at the Beijing Capital International Airport by Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Li Bingcai, the Taiwan Work Office's deputy director and Sun Zhengcai, standing committee member and secretary general of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC.
The delegation will be in Beijing for three days and leave for Taipei on Wednesday.
During their stay in Beijing, talks, discussions and lectures will be held on improving cross-strait relations.
They also will promote exchanges between the two sides and protect the interests of compatriots from both the mainland and Taiwan Province.
The delegation will also visit historical sites including the Lugou Bridge and the Memorial Hall of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
The delegation arrived in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, on July 6 to begin the four-city mainland trip.
The theme of the trip was to commemorate the 60th anniversary of China's victory in the war against Japanese aggression during World War II.
It paid homage to the Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs' Cemetery in Guangzhou, visited the Mausoleum of Dr Sun Yat-sen in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province and offered condolences to victims of the Nanjing Massacre at the Memorial Hall of Compatriots Murdered in Nanjing.
During their stay in Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province, Yok and his entourage visited more historical sites.
He said as members of the Chinese nation, the delegation is making this trip to recall the past, treasure the present and create a better future.
"In the past, our country was constantly bullied by foreign powers and our compatriots were cruelly killed because the country was divided," he said.
"We must not forget this part of history. Now the Chinese people both on the mainland and in Taiwan should be united."
Yok also met with business people from Taiwan at a forum. The delegation visited urban facilities, harbors and factories in Dalian.
The delegation and Taiwan businessmen in Dalian called for the Taiwan authorities to remove barriers to "three direct links" across the Taiwan Strait during their meeting on Saturday.
"The Taiwan authorities have been obstructing the 'three direct links' because the current leaders want to cut off ties across the Strait," said Yok during the meeting with 38 Taiwan businessmen.