Beijing to issue new measures for Taiwan travel
8 September 2008
Beijing will adopt five new measures to boost travel between the mainland and Taiwan, the South China Morning Post reported. The measures were announced by Wang Yi, head of the Taiwan Affairs office at a forum in Xiamen on Sunday. Among the measures is one that would greatly simplify travel permits for Taiwanese to the mainland, which would be one step closer to granting identity cards. Others include allowing mainlanders to travel to Taiwan via Taiwan-controlled ferry services, and adding six mainland cities to the list of cities that can handle Taiwan travel permits.