The 2011 Council of the Hunan Association for Exchange Promotion across the Taiwan Straits was held on the morning of Dec. 29 in Changsha. From January to November in 2011, the number of passengers to Taiwan for economic exchange and travel reached 117,000 and 760,000 Taiwan compatriots travelled in Hunan,promoting exchanges and cooperation between both sides into a tendency of all-round, multilevel and wide.
In the recent two years, the association successfully held activities to make economy and trade exchange with Taiwan, such as the “2010 Hunan-Taiwan Week” & the 6th Hunan-Taiwan Exchanges and Cooperation Forum on Economy and Trade and the 7th Hunan-Taiwan Cooperation Conference on Economy and Trade. This made great contributions in prospering Hunan, enriching its people and promoting Hunan-Taiwan exchange and cooperation. It also successfully deepened the exchange by holding activities like the tenth and eleventh Huxiang Culture Tour, Taiwanese of Changsha Origin Tour Hometown, Cross-strait Shengnong Cultural Festival and The First Zeng Guofan Academic Seminar across Taiwan Straits in Shangfeng.
Translator: Xiao Juan
Source: Hunan Official Web Portal