Overview
- KMT Vice Chairman Hsiao Hsu-tsen left Taoyuan on Monday leading a roughly 40-member group for a Monday–Wednesday exchange in Beijing.
- The delegation includes National Policy Foundation Deputy Chairman Lee Hong-yuan and is composed mostly of non-KMT scholars and experts.
- Discussions are set to cover tourism and flight routes, precision machinery, artificial intelligence, disaster prevention, new energy, and carbon reduction.
- The itinerary features a Monday dinner hosted by Taiwan Affairs Office director Song Tao, a full-day forum on Tuesday, and a Wednesday visit to Tsinghua University before returning to Taiwan.
- Hsiao emphasized the trip is not focused on political issues and said any meetings with Chinese officials, including a possible meeting with CPPCC chair Wang Huning reported by a party source, depend on host arrangements.