Looking back on the past year, cross-strait relations have developed steadily and rapidly, and mutual trust has been accumulated in exchanges. Since the resumption of cross-strait negotiations, nine agreements have been signed, cross-strait relations have returned to the track of peaceful dialogue after twists and turns, and cross-strait air navigation and land passengers coming to Taiwan have been implemented one after another, creating an atmosphere conducive to cross-strait peace and prosperity. With the improvement of cross-strait relations, the Taiwan Strait is no longer the tipping point of war. The international community has given positive comments on this. For example, the United States believes that cross-strait agreements will help promote regional peace, stability and prosperity, and is pleased to see the continuous improvement of cross-strait relations.
Under the thinking of diplomatic truce, the two sides no longer waste resources and dig diplomatic relations with each other; Lien Chan attended the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Peru in 2008, breaking through the level since joining APEC17; At the end of 2008, it joined the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) and was included in the International Health Regulations (IHR) applicable to the World Health Organization in June+10 this year. At the end of April, it was invited to become an observer of the World Health Assembly. As Ma Ying Nine said, "We didn't make a big splash or talk empty words, but we did it." .
2. The third Jiang-Chen Summit exchanged views on ECFA, but it was not finalized and was included in the next negotiation topic. However, the mainland side has a positive attitude towards negotiating and signing the cross-strait economic cooperation agreement, and when to negotiate should be determined through consultation according to the preparations of both sides.
ECFA is the established policy direction of Malaysian government. Compared with the topics negotiated in the previous two sessions, ECFA is relatively complicated. Compared with many signed agreements, the biggest difference is that ECFA involves thousands of products, which cannot be realized overnight. Both sides need time to sit down and talk. However, in order to avoid the marginalization crisis of ASEAN plus one plus three and promote the signing of free trade agreements with relevant countries, it is urgent to sign ECFA. Ma Ying said that the sooner the better, but there is no timetable.
3. The development of cross-strait relations is a phased process. In the past year, three consultations between the two associations and observers of the World Health Assembly have made concrete and substantial progress. The key is that the two sides have a foundation of mutual trust and strengthen mutual trust in interaction. The outside world pointed out that it was easy for the two sides to negotiate and sign nine agreements and 1 consensus over the past year. Looking ahead, challenges will eventually emerge.
It is undeniable that there are some inherent contradictions and differences between the two sides of the strait on political and military issues. If it is not solved or handled well, it may indeed become the bottleneck of cross-strait relations and even hinder the development of cross-strait relations. A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council pointed out that these problems cannot be avoided. What is important is to build mutual trust, accumulate consensus and create conditions for solving problems. This is exactly what Wang Yi, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office, said when he met Jiang Bingkun in Beijing a few days ago: "Mutual trust is the most important thing, and the problem should be solved step by step.".
In an interview with the media, Ma Ying put forward "three firsts and three afters", that is, easy first, difficult later, urgent later, and political later; During his term of office in the next three years, the two sides of the strait will still "put economy before politics." As for whether to establish a cross-strait military mutual trust mechanism, Ma Ying IX believes that future negotiations will not be ruled out and economic priority will still be given; If 20 12 is re-elected, it is urgent to negotiate political issues, and it is not ruled out.