Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an is set to visit Shanghai for a joint forum, an event that will be watched closely by Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Chiang will travel to Shanghai on December 27 and 28 for the Shanghai-Taipei City Forum, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported on Thursday.
On Friday, mainland state news agency Xinhua said the annual forum would convene in Shanghai on December 28 and be based on the theme “Technology Transforming Life”.
The forum, which was first held in 2010, will run for one day, the same duration as last year’s event in Taipei.
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Taiwan’s China Times reported that Chiang told the Taipei City Council on Thursday his Shanghai itinerary would “not involve politics”.
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