Hong Kong's food and health authority announces it will cull about 20,000 poultry after confirming a H7N9 bird flu case at a local agricultural wholesale market.
Wang Yu-chi, Taiwan's mainland affairs chief, will lead a delegation to visit the Chinese mainland next month, a mainland spokesman announced on Tuesday.
Hong Kong began culling 20,000 chickens and suspended imports of fresh poultry from mainland China for 21 days on Tuesday after the discovery of the H7N9 bird flu virus in a batch of live chicken from the southern province of Guangdong.
The mainland's Taiwan affairs chief said that more opportunities will be provided for the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations with the mainland's deepening reform.
The leader of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party is maintaining a confrontational attitude toward the Chinese mainland, which threatens the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.
The mainland and Taiwan have agreed not to set any limits on the number of cross-Straits flights added during the Spring Festival to deal with the travel peak.
The exam-free admissions policy has made universities on the Chinese mainland attractive destinations for Hong Kong students.
Trade volume between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan reached $197.2 billion last year amid closer cross-Straits ties, a year-on-year increase of 16.7 percent, a mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.
A Beijing spokesman on Wednesday said that the mainland and Taiwan should work together to safeguard China's sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung said Wednesday in his second policy address that environmental protection is one of the priorities of the current.
Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung on Wednesday stressed that rule of law is vital for safeguarding people's rights and freedoms in Hong Kong, and reassured citizens that universal suffrage will be achieved in selecting the next leader in 2017 through an ongoing five-step process.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung said Wednesday that the government endeavors to establish Lantau Island as an essential connecting point for journeys to and from Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao.
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