When asked to comment on that the registration for 79th World Health Assembly (WHA) has concluded on May 10 and the Taiwan region again cannot participate in it, Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said that this situation is entirely created by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities, resulting from their political manipulation over the participation of the Taiwan region in this year's WHA and marks the failure of their attempt to seek "Taiwan independence" under the pretext of health affairs. It once again proves that the international community's adherence to the one-China principle is unshakable.

Also addressing the topic on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that China's position on the Taiwan region's participation in the activities of international organizations, including the WHO, is consistent and clear. That is, this must be handled in line with the one-China principle, which is also a fundamental principle as recognized by UNGA Resolution 2758 and WHA Resolution 25.1. 
China's Taiwan region, unless given approval by the Central Government, has no basis, reason or right to participate in the WHA. 

According to Chen, in the past, on the basis that both sides of the Taiwan Straits upheld the 1992 Consensus embodying the one-China principle, through cross-Straits consultations, the Taiwan region participated in the WHA as an observer in the name of "Chinese Taipei." This was a special arrangement made through cross-Straits consultations premised on the 1992 Consensus embodying the one-China principle.

The DPP authorities stubbornly cling to their separatist stance of "Taiwan independence" and refuse to recognize the 1992 Consensus. This has completely eroded the political foundation for the Taiwan region to take part in the WHA. The deceptive acts and provocative moves of the DPP authorities will surely meet firm opposition from compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits and the international community, and are doomed to fail, Chen noted.

Wang Shushen, an expert at the Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Monday that every year, the DPP authorities hype up this issue. Taiwan regional leader Lai Ching-te has come under rising criticism inside and outside the island, which in itself reflects the very limited so-called international space for "Taiwan independence" separatists. Under such circumstances, making an issue on WHA attendance is essentially an attempt to seek a sense of presence on the international stage. 

Wang said that the DPP authorities also attempt to divert public attention and shore up his troubled governance.

WHA is an organization under the UN system that adheres strictly to the one-China principle, so Taiwan, as a region, fundamentally has no qualification to participate in. The DPP authorities are fully aware of this, but are deliberately hyping up the issue simply to make a stunt and boost their visibility, Wang said.

Chen said that "Taiwan is China's Taiwan, and Taiwan compatriots are our family. We always care about the health and well-being of Taiwan compatriots and have made proper arrangements for the Taiwan region to take part in global health causes." 

Upholding the one-China principle represents the shared justice and irreversible trend of the international community. As long as the DPP authorities do not abandon their separatist proposition of "Taiwan independence," do not change their hostility and confrontation, and instead engage blindly in political manipulation and attempt to seek independence by relying on external forces, they will only run into repeated setbacks across the international community, Chen noted.