Liu Jieyi, right, the director of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, meets with Wu Cherng-dean, chairman of Taiwan's New Party at the forum in Xiamen. This is the first time since the inauguration of the Straits Forum in 2009 that the chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) did not receive a participating Taiwanese delegation. The Taiwanese delegates that met with Liu included Wu Cherng-dean, chairman of Taiwan's pro-unification New Party, and People First Party adviser Li Jian-nan. The meeting was opened to the press to take photographs but members of the media were not allowed to stay to listen to both sides' addresses. CNA has learned that Wang will not attend the forum himself and will speak to forum participants through pre-recorded clip.

Source: The Standard September 20, 2020 11:37 UTC