Premier Wen calls for closer cross-Straits co-op

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L Front) smiles as he talks with clerks in the ticket hall of the Xiajin passenger transport dock in Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province, May 8, 2009. Premier Wen Jiabao made an  inspection tour in Xiamen on May 8. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)

At Prima Electronics, another company with Taiwan investment, Wen was attracted by the company's slogan which urges the two sides to "join hands."

"That's a very good slogan," he said. "To join hands is what the two sides must do. We welcome investment from Taiwan, because that boosts not only capital and technology exchanges, but brings people closer."

At a symposium with representatives from Taiwan-invested companies in the evening, Wen asked all sides to work together and play their roles for the cross-Straits economic development and the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.