Former vice president Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) is to lead Taiwan’s 33-member delegation at the Boao Forum for Asia that is scheduled to begin in China today.
Siew is to meet with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) on Thursday and attend a dinner party hosted by China’s Taiwan Affairs Office Minister Zhang Zhijun (張志軍) that evening, said Chen Te-sheng (陳德昇), executive director of the foundation that organized the visit.
Siew would be representing Taiwan in his capacity as honorary chairman of the foundation, Chen said, adding that Siew would hold a news conference after his meeting with Li.
Members of the delegation are economics and finance experts and specialists, and none are “quasi-officials” who would serve in the incoming government led by Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), he said.
The forum, which runs until Friday with the theme of “Asia’s New Future: New Dynamics and New Vision,” is to have Uber and Didi Dache car service providers as speakers in its newly added “dialogue with business innovators” program.
Siew is expected to express Taiwan’s stance during the forum that economic and trade relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait should not be affected by political change.
With less than two months before president-elect Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration is sworn in, the timing is crucial for Siew to call on Chinese authorities to facilitate cross-strait economic and trade exchanges on a platform trusted by both sides, Chen said.
Taiwan’s representatives are to focus their discussion on Internet finance innovation, crowdfunding and cross-border e-commerce, he added.
Five Taiwanese representatives are to attend a cross-strait entrepreneurship forum on Friday.
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