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Fujian governor has
broken Taiwan’s law: pan greens
PROMOTING CHINA: A Mainland Affairs Council
official said that Su Shulin did not do anything ‘inappropriate,’ while the
interior ministry promised to launch a probe
By Chris Wang / Staff reporter
Chen Chang-hui, director of the
Taiwan Solidarity Union’s Greater Tainan branch, points to the sky at a protest
in Greater Tainan yesterday against China’s Fujian Province Governor Su Shulin.
Photo: Tsai Wen-chu, Taipei Times
China’s Fujian Province Governor Su Shulin
(蘇樹林) has violated Taiwanese law by promoting investment in China and should be
expelled, pan-green lawmakers said yesterday.
The Chinese official had made high-profile comments to attract Taiwanese
investment to the province’s Pingtan Comprehensive Experimental Zone during his
visit, despite a Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) warning against such a move,
lawmakers said.
Su ignored the warning and repeatedly touted China’s invitation to Taiwanese
investors to participate in the zone’s development under the so-called “five
commons” — common planning, common development, common operation, common
management and common benefits — at his meeting with former Chinese Nationalist
Party (KMT) chairman Lien Chan (連戰) on Tuesday, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Legislator Pan Men-an (潘孟安) said.
The Chinese official violated the Rules Governing Permits for Professional
Personnel from the Mainland Area Engaging in Professional Activities in Taiwan
(大陸地區專業人士來臺從事專業活動許可辦法), which includes a ban on visiting Chinese professionals
promoting investment in China, Pan said.
The governor, who was invited by the Chinese National Federation of Industries
(工業總會, CNFI) as a professional, also violated the Act Governing Relations
Between the Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (台灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例),
which prohibits visiting Chinese nationals from engaging in unauthorized
activities upon their entry, Pan said.
“The CNFI and Su should be fined, and Su should be deported immediately,” he
said.
Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Kao Charng (高長) told the legislature
that the council had been monitoring Su’s visit and comments and “found nothing
inappropriate so far.”
DPP Legislator Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉) accused the council of inaction and making
excuses for Su, adding that it was just a “rubber stamp” for the ruling party.
“MAC Minister Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛) should be held accountable and should step
down immediately,” Chiu said.
Taiwan Solidarity Union legislators Lin Shih-chia (林世嘉) and Huang Wen-ling (黃文玲)
agreed, accusing the council of dereliction of duty by doing nothing. They also
demanded Su’s immediate deportation.
Minister of the Interior Lee Hong-yuan (李鴻源) told the legislature the ministry
would launch an investigation into Su’s activities.
Su concluded his five-day visit yesterday and returned to China last night.
China is developing the experimental economic zone on Pingtan Island to host
high-tech companies and factories.
While Beijing says the zone would “deepen cross-strait ties,” Taiwanese analysts
are concerned that Taiwan’s economy would suffer if more domestic businesses
were to relocate.
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