The 4th Cross-strait development forum opened in Zhejiang on September 25, with the attendance of nearly 100 renowned experts and scholars from across the strait. The forum was focused on how to promote the cultural and educational communication and cooperation across the strait in the current situation and discussed the relevant measures for in-depth cooperation across the strait.
The forum stressed the same origin of the cultures and the bright prospect of cultural and educational communication and cooperation across the strait. Taiwan culture is rooted in Chinese culture, which is known for its extensiveness and profundity. It inherits from and develops Chinese culture, and has the local color of its own as well. To strengthen cultural communication and cooperation across the strait may open up opportunities for the permanent peace across the strait.