Taipei City Councilor Chen Cheng-chung (陳政忠) on Monday urged Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) to attend the Twin-City Forum in Shanghai next month, after he was selected as one of three representatives to be sponsored by the city.
The forum — which has been held annually since 2010, alternating between Taipei and Shanghai — is to convene in China over three days late next month.
Taipei city councilors on Monday drew lots to choose the three representatives whose attendance the city would sponsor.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
Of the 16 councilors who participated, none were Democratic Progressive Party members.
Chen, Chung Pei-chun (鍾沛君) and Chen Chung-wen (陳重文), all of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), were selected.
Another drawing is to be held on Wednesday to choose another eight representatives who are to attend at their own expense.
Chen Cheng-chung urged Chiang to also attend to forum, given that former Taipei mayors Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) and Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) have both made the trip.
The city government has not confirmed whether Chiang would attend, given concerns over his purported background as great grandson of former president Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石).
Chiang Wan-an’s administration should maintain normal and long-standing reciprocal exchanges between the two cities, Chen Cheng-chung said, adding that Taipei should propose feasible agreements to ensure that something concrete comes out of the event.
Chen Chung-wen said he hopes Taipei and Shanghai could share their respective expertise in public health and sports, while minimizing politics to focus on substantive exchange.
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