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Top KMT official in
Beijing to thank local businesspeople
Staff writer, with CNA, BEIJING
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kung (江丙坤) was
scheduled to visit Beijing yesterday to thank Taiwanese businesspeople based
there for their support in the Jan. 14 presidential and legislative elections.
Chiang, who in his capacity as the Straits Exchange Foundation chairman is
Taiwan’s top negotiator with China, was expected to arrive in Beijing last night
and was scheduled to attend a musical event today to thank Taiwanese business
representatives there on behalf of the KMT.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) defeated Democratic Progressive Party candidate
Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) by a 6 percent margin. He was apparently helped by the large
number of China-based businesspeople who returned home to vote.
Many of them are believed to have voted for Ma because of his policies
supporting closer relations between Taiwan and China.
Chiang has already visited Taiwanese businesspeople in Dongguan, Guangdong
Province, and Nanjing, on similar trips to thank them for their support.
Chiang is the second senior party official to visit Beijing since the election,
after former KMT chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) met with Chinese President Hu
Jintao (胡錦濤) late last month.
During his five-day stay in the Chinese capital, Chiang is expected to meet with
Chinese officials responsible for Taiwan-related affairs, including Association
for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits Chairman Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) and Taiwan
Affairs Office Minister Wang Yi (王毅).
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