HAIKOU, China, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On September 27, Sun Yafu, Vice President of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), delivered a speech at the “2025 Qiong-Tai Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange.” He expressed that Taiwan companies are welcome to leverage the significant opportunities presented by the comprehensive advancement of Chinese modernization, actively integrate into the new development paradigm, and participate in high-quality development. Especially on the promising land of the Hainan Free Trade Port construction, he hopes that Taiwan businesses and enterprises can fully leverage their distinctive strengths in areas such as precision agriculture, high-end manufacturing, technological innovation, healthcare, modern finance, and cultural tourism. By closely aligning with Hainan’s development plans, they can identify new growth points and achieve mutual benefit and win-win outcomes.
At the Conference of 2025 Qiong-Tai Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange
Sun Yafu also pointed out that the mainland economy is sustaining healthy development, with the fundamentals of its long-term improvement remaining unchanged. The advantages of a super-sized market, a complete industrial system, and growing innovative capabilities inject stability and certainty into world economic development.
Xu Shubo, Chairman of the General Association of Taiwan Chambers of Commerce, also stated in his speech that Hainan and Taiwan have strong industrial complementarity. He looks forward to establishing a regularized cooperation mechanism through this exchange to promote practical cooperation.
The “2025 Qiong-Tai Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange,” hosted by the Economic Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Hainan Provincial Government, the Haikou Municipal People’s Government, among other units, was held in Haikou City on September 27, serving as an important platform for economic and trade exchanges and cooperation between Hainan and Taiwan.