Zhu Fenglian Photo: Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council

The DPP authorities' use of so-called "investigations" to threaten and intimidate entertainers from the Taiwan region goes completely against the public sentiments and cannot stop the momentum of people from Taiwan participating in cross-Straits exchanges and sharing the development opportunities on the mainland, Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, told a regular conference on Wednesday, when answering a question concerning entertainers from the island being labeled as "pro mainland" for expressing identity recognition. 

The question also cited the head of Taiwan regional cultural department claiming that "pro-mainland" is a false issue, and they are happy to see Taiwanese artists develop in the mainland, while they cannot cooperate in making statements about "forcible unification."

Over the years, generations of entertainers from Taiwan region have passed on and promoted Chinese culture, actively participated in cross-Straits exchange and cooperation, and interpreted "the two sides of the Straits are one family" with practical actions, Zhu said. 

According to the spokesperson, in the past two years, the mainland's performance market has shown explosive growth, with more than 1,000 concerts held in the third quarter of this year alone, attracting over 12 million audiences, among which entertainers from the Taiwan region held more than 100 concerts on the mainland. 


The mainland provides a broad stage for entertainers from Taiwan region, and their participation also enriches the mainland's performance market. The "two-way rush" in cross-Straits cultural and artistic fields promotes cross-Straits cultural exchanges, she stressed. 


Also, traveling to a city for a song and touring the mainland following concerts has become a new lifestyle trend for many compatriots from the Taiwan region, Zhu noted. 

We actively support cultural exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as film, television, and music across the Straits, welcome entertainers from the Taiwan region to the mainland to participate in various cultural performance activities, and also welcome  compatriots from Taiwan to make good use of increasingly convenient policies to come to the mainland at any time to watch various cultural performances and experience the wonderful cultural and tourism life on the mainland, Zhu said.


Global Times