Resolving the Taiwan question and realizing the complete reunification of China is a shared aspiration of all Chinese people. It is indispensable to the realization of China's rejuvenation and a historic mission of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "The Taiwan Question and China's Reunification in the New Era" on August 10. This new white paper is being released to reiterate the fact that Taiwan is part of China, to demonstrate the strong will and resolve of the CPC and the Chinese people and their commitment to national reunification, and to emphasize the position and policies of the CPC and the Chinese government in the new era.
The CPC's consistent efforts, achievements and experience over the decades to resolve the Taiwan question and achieve complete national reunification have fully proved itself to be the spine of the Chinese nation exercising strong leadership in realizing national rejuvenation and reunification.
As General Secretary Xi Jinping said, the Taiwan question arose as a result of weakness and chaos in our nation, and it will be resolved as national rejuvenation becomes a reality. The realization of complete national reunification is driven by the history and culture of the Chinese nation and determined by the momentum towards and circumstances surrounding our national rejuvenation. China’s development and progress is not only an effective curb against "Taiwan independence" separatist activities and interference from external forces, but also provides broad space and great opportunities for cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation.
The CPC has united the Chinese people and led them in embarking on the new journey of building China into a modern socialist country in all respects. We will have a more solid foundation for resolving the Taiwan question and a greater ability to do so. This will give a significant boost to national reunification.
There is but one China and Taiwan is part of China. This is an indisputable fact supported by history and the law. Taiwan has never been a state, and its status as part of China is unalterable. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi recently visited China's Taiwan region at the US government's connivance and in defiance of China's strong objection and stern representations. Her provocative move seriously infringed upon China's sovereignty, interfered in China's internal affairs, broke the US side’s commitments, and gravely endangered peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
In response, the Chinese government has adopted a series of vehement countermeasures to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and forcefully combat the interference by external forces and the "Taiwan independence" separatist activities. China's rightful countermoves have received extensive support from the just forces in the international community. Facts have once again proved that "leveraging the Strait for Taiwan independence" is a dead end and "containing China with Taiwan" is doomed to failure.
The future of Taiwan lies in China's reunification, and the well-being of the people in Taiwan hinges on the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. On the new journey toward national rejuvenation, the CPC and the Chinese government abide by the basic policy of upholding "One Country, Two Systems" and promoting "peaceful national reunification", make the utmost efforts for peaceful and integrated development of cross-Strait relations, take firm steps to smash the attempts at "Taiwan independence" and foreign interference, and unite with the Taiwan compatriots in the joint pursuit of national rejuvenation and reunification.
Once peaceful reunification is achieved under the policy of "One Country, Two Systems", it will lay new foundations for China to make further progress and achieve national rejuvenation. At the same time, it will create huge opportunities for social and economic development in Taiwan, bring tangible benefits to the people of Taiwan, and promote peace and development in the Asia Pacific and the world at large.
National reunification is an inevitable step toward national rejuvenation. We are ready to create vast space for peaceful reunification, but will leave no room for "Taiwan independence" separatist activities in any form. The Taiwan question is an internal affair that involves China's core interests and the Chinese people's national sentiments, and no external interference will be tolerated.
