The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded to the relevant assessment report from the United States intelligence community: solving the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people themselves.

The State Council Taiwan Affairs Office held its regular press conference. A reporter asked about a recent assessment by the US intelligence community that China currently has no plans to use force against Taiwan in 2027 and is more inclined to use non-violent options to achieve reunification. However, China continues to strengthen the military preparedness of the People's Liberation Army and sees reunification as an important condition for the achievement of national rejuvenation by 2049. What is your comment on this? Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian responded by stating that Taiwan is a part of China and that resolving the Taiwan issue is a matter for the Chinese people and should not be interfered with by any outsiders. The US should abide by the One China principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqus, and be cautious in its words and actions regarding the Taiwan issue. "Peaceful reunification and 'one country, two systems' are the basic principles for us to solve the Taiwan issue." Resolving the Taiwan issue and achieving national reunification are the inevitable requirements for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. We are willing to create a broad space for peaceful reunification, strive for the prospect of peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity and efforts, but we will never allow the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity to be undermined, and we do not promise to abandon the use of force, reserving the option to take all necessary measures. She stated that the root cause of the complex and severe situation in the Taiwan Strait at present is the Democratic Progressive Party authorities colluding with external forces to continuously provoke "independence". We will never tolerate or appease this, and we have the firm will, full confidence, and sufficient capability to defeat any form of separatist "Taiwan independence" activities, safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and steadfastly promote the cause of national reunification.