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CHINESE PROPOSALS ON TAIWAN

1. THE FULL TEXT OF YE JIANYING'S STATEMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:

TODAY. ON THE EVE OF THE 32ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF "THE

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND AT THE APPROACH OF THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1911 REVOLUTION, I WISH, FIRST OF ALL, TO EXTEND MY FESTIVE GREETINGS AND CORDIAL REGARDS TO THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE COMPATRIOTS IN TAIYAN, HONG XONG AND MACAO, AND CHINESE NATIONALS RESIDING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

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OM NEW YEAR'S DAY 1979 THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS ISSUED A MESSAGE TO THE COMPATRIOTS IN TAIWAN, IN WHICH IT PROCLAIMED THE POLICY OF STRIVING TO REUNIFY THE MOTHERLAND PEACEFULLY. THE MESSAGE RECEIVED WARM SUPPORT AND ACTIVE RESPONSE FROMM THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES THROUGHOUT CHINA, INCLUDING THE CO PATRIOTS IN TAIWAN, HỌNG XONG AND MACAO, AND THOSE RESIDING ABROAD. A RELAXED ATMOSPHERE HAS SET IN ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAITS. NOW, I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ELABORATE. ON THE POLICY CONCERNING THE RETURN OF TAIWAN TO THE OTHERLAND FOR THE REALIZATION OF PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION:

(1) IN ORDER TO BRING AN END TO THE UNFORTUNATE SEPARATION OF THE CHINESE NATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE; WE PROPOSE THAT TALKS BE HELD BETWEEN THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA AND THE XUOMINTANG OF CHINA ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS SO THAT THE TWO PARTIES WILL COOPERATE FOR THE THIRD TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREAT CAUSE OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION, THE TWO SIDES MAY FIRST SEND PEOPLE TO MEET FOR AN EXHAUSTIVE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS.

(2) IT IS THE URGENT DESIRE OF THE PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONALITIES OF 30TH SIDES OF THE STRAITS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, REUNITE WITH THEIR RELATIVES, DEVELOP TRADE AND INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. WE PROPOSE THAT THE TWO SIDES MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO FACILITATE THE EXCHANGE OF MAILS, TRADE, AIR AND SHIPPING SERVICES, AND VISITS BY RELATIVES AND TOURISTS AS WELL AS ACADEMIC, CULTURAL AND SPORTS EXCHANGES, AND REACH AN AGREEMENT THEREURON.

(3) AFTER THE COUNTRY IS REUNIFIED, TAIWAN CAN ENJOY A HIGH DEGREE OF AUTONOMY AS A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND IT CAN RETAIN ITS ARMED FORCES. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH LOCAL AFFAIRS ON TAIWAN.

(4) TAIWAN'S CURRENT SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEY WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED, SO WILL ITS WAY OF LIFE AND ITS ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THERE WILL BE NO ENCROACHMENT ON THE PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND LAWFUL RIGHT OF INHERITANCE OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY, HOUSES, LAND AND ENTERPRISES, OR ON FOREIGN INVESTMENTS.

(5) PEOPLE IN AUTHORITY AND REPRESENTATIVE PERSONAGES OF YARIOUS CIRCLES IN TAIWAN MAY TAKE UP POSTS OF LEADERSHIP IN NATIONAL POLITICAL BODIES AND PARTICIPATE IN RUNNING THE STATE.

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