Cross-Straits Forum gets underway in Shanghai

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Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung was the first to speak. He called for joint efforts to cope with the global financial crisis. He also advocated opening more fields for investment and advancing cultural and personal exchanges.

Kuomintang Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung addressed the opening  session this morning.

Wu Poh-hsiung said, "We now are facing rare historical opportunities to advance the cross-Straits relations into an era of peace, development and smooth communications. We must cherish such opportunities to make up for the losses in the past and create more conditions for the well-being of the people on both sides."