Taiwan businesspeople who invest in the Mainland expressed their wish to realize "three direct links" (in trade, mail and transportation) and hoped the Taiwan's authorities will make more open policies for their investment.

Representatives of Taiwan businesspeople who have investments in Chinese mainland made the remarks in a meeting held in Taipei on Sunday.

Preston W. Chen, vice chairman of a federation of industries, said he hoped the Taiwan's authorities would make more efforts to enhance cross-straits economic ties.

He hoped the Taiwan's authorities could have economic dialogue with the mainland at an earlier day to realize cross-straits direct transportation which could bring more efficiency to the businesspeople.

Ming-Cuang Chen, president of Knowledge Economy Association in Taiwan stressed that Taiwan's enterprisers who have invested in the mainland had expected more open policies including "three direct links" and other ones in trade and investment areas.

Wang Rensheng, chairman of Taiwan businesspeople association in Zhengzhou of central China's Henan Province, said the mainland's market was getting increasingly large and many Taiwan businesspeople of small and medium-sized companies had moved their research and development units to the mainland.

Chairman of Taiwan businesspeople association in Shenzhen Zheng Rongwen said the Taiwan authorities should not release remarks that impair cross-straits relations and should focus on economic issues which really benefit the businesspeople.

The Chinese mainland has been urging early realization of "three direct links" across the Straits since 1979, namely direct trade, mail and transportation links. The Taiwan authorities, however, are unwilling to cooperate under the pretext of "security concern" and "technical issues."

(Xinhua News Agency February 7, 2006)