Ministry of Commerce to raise four proposals to deepen cross-strait cooperation LED lighting will focus on promoting

In September 8th, during the sixteenth China International Investment and trade fair, the Ministry of Commerce and the Taiwan Affairs Office jointly organized the Seventh Cross Strait Economic and trade cooperation and Development Forum in Xiamen. Vice Minister of Commerce Jiang Yaoping attended the forum and delivered a keynote speech.

Jiang Yaoping said that in recent years, economic and trade cooperation between the two sides continue to deepen, the basic lay a comprehensive, wide-ranging, multi-level cooperation pattern. The two sides continued to expand trade, trade structure has been optimized, in 2011, the total trade between the two sides of the Strait has reached $160 billion, the proportion of processing trade accounted for the proportion of cross-strait trade fell by nearly 7 from the highest to nearly $53.3%. Taiwanese investment continued to deepen, land and capital into the island is becoming more frequent, as of the end of June 2012, the mainland has approved 87 thousand Taiwan funded projects, the actual use of Taiwan $55 billion 800 million, while more than 126 mainland enterprises to set up companies or representative offices in taiwan. Steadily promote cross-strait industrial cooperation, the pilot project of LED lighting, LCD panel, electric vehicle, wireless city, cold chain logistics as the key to promote the selected pilot city and proposed the next development planning. Cross strait financial cooperation has gradually broken down, the main beneficiaries of the growing number of, at present, the mainland has approved the establishment of 10 Taiwan funded banks in mainland branches, the mainland has been allowed to set up branches or representative offices in Taiwan, 4.

Jiang Yaoping pointed out that in the face of the complex and severe external economic situation, accelerate industrial restructuring and upgrading, enhance the participation in international competition and the strength to resist external risks has become the common mission of economic development on both sides, close cooperation, cross-strait storm more urgent needs.

Jiang Yaoping will further deepen cross-strait cooperation put forward four proposals: first, step by step, continue to promote the "Cross Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement" (ECFA) the subsequent agreement negotiation, to promote cross-strait trade in goods and services are further opening of the market. Two is an agreement signed by the two sides as an opportunity to actively promote two-way investment cooperation. Three is to focus on the long-term, accelerate cross-strait industrial cooperation. Jiang Yaoping said that in the face of the challenges of the economic downturn, the two sides to cooperate on the basis of the existing pilot projects in the industry, further innovation and cooperation model to jointly promote the transformation and upgrading of cross-strait industry. Four is pragmatic and actively promote the transformation and upgrading of Taiwan funded enterprises. Jiang Yaoping said that the mainland will actively guide the Taiwan funded enterprises, according to the regional development planning and industrial development characteristics, reasonable industrial transfer; assist mainland Taiwan funded enterprises to use the strategy of expanding domestic demand, and actively expand the mainland domestic market; comprehensive utilization of credit, industry support policies, encourage Taiwanese enterprises to increase scientific and technological innovation, increase the added value of products to accelerate the pace of upgrading.