BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on
Tuesday that secessionist activities in Taiwan have become the greatest menace
to China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity, but such activities
are doomed to fail.

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday meets with political
advisors attending the first annual full session of the 11th National Committee
of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.
"The 'Taiwan independence' activities have run counter to the Chinese
nation's strong will to safeguard national unity. Such activities will get
nowhere and are doomed to fail," Hu told political advisors attending the first
annual full session of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference in Beijing.
Hu, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party
of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission, observed that the
"Taiwan independence" activities have become "the biggest menace to national
sovereignty and territorial integrity, the biggest obstacle to the development
of cross-Strait relations, and the biggest threat to peace and stability in the
Taiwan Straits."
Meanwhile, he pledged that the mainland will make utmost effort to do a
good job in anything that is good to the Taiwan compatriots and conducive to
safeguarding peace in the Taiwan Straits and promoting the peaceful
reunification of the motherland.
"We are always committed to our pledges to the Taiwan compatriots. We will
never sway upon temporary fluctuations of the situation, or change upon a few
individuals' deliberate disturbances," said the president.
As for the realization of peaceful development of cross-Strait relations,
Hu said, "we take adherence to the one-China principle as the foundation, with
the seeking of benefits for compatriots on both sides of the Straits as the
objective, and the deepening of mutually-beneficial, win-win exchange and
cooperation as the approach."
"We are ready to have exchange, dialogue, consultation and negotiation with
any political parties in Taiwan, as long as they recognize that both sides of
the Taiwan Straits belong to one China," Hu stated.
"The negotiation will be conducted on an equal footing with completely open
topics -- there is nothing we can't talk about," he added.
"We look forward to the formal end of the state of hostility across the
Straits through joint efforts by both sides and consultations based on the
one-China principle, and hope to reach a peace agreement and build up a
framework for the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations," he told the
advisors.