Xinhua Shanghai, 29 April Xinhua (reporter Zhang Yong) of the CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao 29 PM in Shanghai Xijiao Guesthouse met with the Chinese Kuomintang honorary chairman Lian Zhan, Wu Boxiong and people first party chairman James Soong was invited to attend the Shanghai World Expo opening ceremony of the Taiwan people from all walks of life. Hu Jintao stressed, should continue to enhance mutual political trust between the two sides, constantly enhance the peaceful development of cross straits relations force; to continue to expand cross-strait exchanges, continue to inspire the peaceful development of cross straits relations vitality; we must continue to deepen economic cooperation, continuously improve the economic competitiveness; to continue to promote the peaceful development of cross straits relations, increase the cohesion of the Chinese nation.

    Hu Jintao on Taiwan people from all walks of life were invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo a warm welcome. He said, the Shanghai World Expo is another major international event held in Beijing Olympic Games, we Chinese people, but also the history of the World Expo the largest event. From 1851 the first session of the World Expo -- London Expo 2010 Shanghai World Expo in recent 160 years, the Chinese nation passed from the poor to the hard process of rise. The World Expo will be held in Shanghai, all the Chinese people including the two sides of the Taiwan Straits are Chinese, proud of the things in common. We work together, the Shanghai World Expo will surely be a successful, exciting, unforgettable world expo.