Symposiums have been held by mainland's political and research organizations these days to mark the 11th anniversary of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin's speech on national reunification.

In the speech entitled "Continue to Strive for the Accomplishment of the Great Cause of Reunifying the Motherland" he gave on January 30, 1995, Jiang set forth an eight-point proposal for the resolution of the Taiwan issue.

The participants of the symposiums addressed that it has been proven in the practice for the past 11 years that Jiang's speech have played an important role in adhering to one-China principle, opposing "Taiwan independence" splittist activities, maintaining national sovereignty and territorial integrity, boosting economic and cultural exchanges across the Taiwan Straits, protecting legal rights of Taiwan compatriots and pushing the nation's peaceful reunification process.

The participants also said the four-point guideline on cross-strait relations under the new circumstances which was set forth by Chinese President Hu Jintao on March 4, 2005 reflected the continuity of the policies of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the Taiwan issue, and enriched the meaning of the guiding principle for the work on Taiwan affairs.

Hu's four-point views are a key guideline for the work on Taiwan affairs under the new circumstances, they said, noting that Hu's speech expressed the firm position and great sincerity of the mainland in pushing the peaceful and stable development of the cross-strait relations, as well as the affection and kindness to the Taiwan compatriots, which will surely continue to have great and lasting influence on the future cross-strait relations.

The symposiums were respectively held by organizations such as the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification and National Taiwan Studies Society.

(Xinhua News Agency January 28, 2006)