Taiwan Affairs Office: The Democratic Progressive Party authorities will inevitably suffer the consequences of obstructing and restricting cross-strait tourism and various exchanges.

On January 28th, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a routine press conference. A reporter asked: Recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the 2026 version of the "Group Travel Contract Model Text", which includes the "Model Text of Mainland Residents Traveling to Taiwan". In the current situation where cross-strait tourism has been blocked, the updated text has attracted attention. The Taiwan Tourism Administration said that if mainland China sincerely wants to resume cross-strait tourism, it should quickly resume negotiations on tourism issues through the small two meetings. What is the spokesperson's comment on this? In addition, is the policy announced by mainland China in January last year to resume residents of Fujian and Shanghai traveling to the island still valid? Spokesperson Zhang Han stated that the current "Group Tour Contract Model Text" has been successively released from 2013 to 2014, including five model texts such as group travel and mainland residents traveling to Taiwan. This revision is a comprehensive revision of the current text, and in 2024 mainland China resumed residents of Fujian traveling to Kinmen and Matsu. This revised "Model Text of Mainland Residents Traveling to Taiwan" will help meet market demand in a timely manner, further regulate the market order, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of tourists and travel agencies. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities, driven by their nature of seeking "independence" and political selfishness, turn a deaf ear to the mainstream public opinion and industry voices in Taiwan, and ignore the interests of grassroots people and stakeholders in Taiwan. They repeatedly obstruct and restrict tourism and exchanges in various fields with all kinds of excuses, setting up barriers and restrictions, which are not welcome by the people. The industry in Taiwan has expressed extreme disappointment and strong indignation towards this, and if they do not change their ways and continue being self-serving, they will only lose more support and face the consequences.