The 18th Cross-Strait Forum Conference held

The 18th Cross-Strait Forum Conference was held in Xiamen, Fujian this morning. This forum continues the theme of "expanding civil exchanges and deepening integrated development", and will host a series of activities including the main forum, grassroots exchanges, youth exchanges, cultural exchanges, and economic exchanges consisting of 58 events. The participants in this forum cover a wide range, including people from different fields, occupations, and age groups. Among them, the proportion of "first-time visitors" from Taiwan and youth from Taiwan continues to rise. The Cross-Strait Forum is the largest, most extensive, and most influential civil exchange activity between the two sides, with over 100,000 Taiwanese participants since its first launch in 2009.