KMT chair accepts trip invite from Xi JinpingBy Lin Che-yuan and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writerChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) today accepted an invitation from Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) to lead a delegation to China next month, saying she hopes to promote the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and bring stability to the Taiwan Strait. “I am grateful and happy to accept this invitation,” Cheng said in a statement from the KMT chairperson’s office. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun speaks at the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting in Taipei on Jan. 28. “CCP Secretary General Xi Jinping has invited Cheng to lead a KMT delegation to visit Jiangsu, Shanghai and Beijing from April 7 to 12,” Song said. The invitation is to promote the peaceful development of CCP-KMT and cross-strait relations, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 30, 2026 09:04 UTC