Former premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) yesterday highlighted opportunities for deeper cross-strait industrial cooperation at the 2025 Cross-Strait CEO Summit (CSCS) in Nanjing, China.
Speaking at the summit, Liu, co-president of CSCS, said that industries in Taiwan and China are facing new challenges and opportunities amid shifting global and regional conditions.
As China prepares to roll out its next five-year plan covering 2026 to 2030, CSCS would adopt new thinking and pursue broader and higher-level cooperation, Liu said.
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China’s recently published five-year plan serves as a national blueprint outlining the country’s key economic, industrial and social development priorities for the period.
Liu said the CSCS plans to visit Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) in Fujian Province recently to cooperate on energy storage and battery recycling.
There will also be discussions to set up a “zero-carbon park” in Fujian, bringing together Taiwanese and Chinese firms to promote green industry, Liu added.
He highlighted Taiwan’s experience in multinational supply chains and encouraged joint efforts to build smart manufacturing ecosystems and strengthen industrial cooperation.
In his opening remarks at the summit, Wang Huning (王滬寧), a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Standing Committee member, said the 15th Five-Year Plan provides top-level design and strategic planning, and will inject new momentum into cross-strait economic cooperation and shared development.
Wang also reaffirmed the so-called “1992 Consensus,” opposed Taiwan independence, and emphasized support for Taiwanese businesses and cross-strait economic integration.
The “1992 consensus” refers to a tacit understanding between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the CCP that both sides of the Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
Liu and Wang met in a brief media session before the summit, during which Liu underscored the strategic significance of China’s 15th Five- Year Plan, saying it would have a major impact on global economic growth and cross-strait trade.
The CSCS will closely track key policy priorities under the plan, including technological self-reliance, efforts to strengthen China’s domestic market, the promotion of a comprehensive green transition and continued cross-strait industrial cooperation, Liu said.
Liu was premier from 2008 to 2009 under then-president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration.
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