Taiwan allows multinationals to bring in more mainland staff
(AP/chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2006-08-01 15:33
Taipei -- Taiwan said Tuesday it would allow multinational corporations to
bring in more employees from Chinese mainland for regional company meetings,
addressing a key business demand on the issue.
Joseph Wu, chairman of the "Cabinet-level" body in charge of relations with
the mainland, said the current limit of 30 mainland visitors per meeting
would be expanded, indicating that applications for "hundreds of visitors" could
be approved.
"The (present) maximum limit doesn't fit the demands of the time," he said.
On a related issue, Wu reaffirmed earlier indications that by the end of the
year tourists from Chinese mainland will be allowed to visit the
island without passing through a third point.
Negotiations on the issue are now going forward between Taiwan
and mainland officials.
"If the current climate for talks between Taiwan and the mainland
persists, we can allow 1,000 mainland tourists a day to visit the island,
beginning four or five months from now," Wu said.
Wu's comments came in the wake of last week's economic forum, which featured
discussions on Taiwan's commercial relations with the mainland.
That meeting produced few indications of coming commercial liberalization
with Beijing, despite pressure from Taiwan's powerful business community to
soften mainland policies.
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