Source: Xinhuanet

04-27-2007 17:57

Special Report:   3rd Cross-Straits Forum

A national Taiwan-funded Enterprises Association will be founded on April 16 in Beijing, a mainland official said here on Wednesday.

Yang Yi, spokesman with the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said the association would be a non-profit organization initiated by Taiwan business people and based on local associations of Taiwan-funded firms.

It would operate and develop independently to provide services for its member companies, protect their legal rights, and promote the cross-Strait economic exchanges and cooperation, Yang said.

The Taiwan Affairs Office is responsible for guiding and supervising the operation of the association, which would serve as a bridge between Taiwan-funded companies and the central government, he said.

The mainland had approved 68,000 ventures in which Taiwan business people had invested 41.7 billion U.S. dollars by the end of 2005.

 

Editor:Chen Ge