The Taiwan Affairs Office introduces cross-strait exchange activities in August.

On the morning of July 30, the Taiwan Affairs Office held a routine press conference. Reporter: Summer cross-strait exchanges continue to be active, please have the spokesperson briefly introduce the cross-strait exchange activities in August. Spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office Chen Binhua: Summer has always been the peak season for cross-strait exchanges. In August this year, Beijing, Hebei, Shanghai, Fujian, Henan, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xinjiang, as well as Xiamen, Shenzhen, Shenyang, Guangzhou and other places, will hold a series of diverse and rich content cross-strait exchange activities, covering areas such as youth, sports, culture, economy and trade, folk beliefs, and ethnic minorities. In terms of youth exchanges, activities such as the 2025 Henan Province Cross-Strait Youth Exchange Month, the 13th Cross-Strait Youth Summit, the 2nd Cross-Strait Youth Assembly, the "2025 Jingchu Cross-Strait Youth Industrial Heritage Study Camp," and the First Guizhou-Taiwan Youth Big Data Industry Development Exchange Week will be staged successively. In terms of sports exchanges, various places will hold events such as the 2025 Cross-Strait Inter-School Sports Alliance Baseball Game, the 6th Cross-Strait Youth Baseball Cultural Festival, the 2025 Cross-Strait Student Baseball League, the Cross-Strait Same Village Basketball Invitational, the Cross-Strait Youth Badminton Exchange Competition, the "Rotating Dreams across the Strait" Youth Inline Skating Cultural Exchange, the "Su-Tai Youth Sports Carnival," and other activities. In terms of cultural exchanges, events such as the Second Session of Cross-Strait Traditional Chinese Academies Study Tour Lecture Hall, the 7th Yunnan Tea Horse Ancient Road Photography Expedition Experience Camp, the Hebei-Taiwan Taichi Cultural Exchange Conference, "Common Music Notes 2025 - Maritime Exchange and Research Camp," Quan-Tai Summer Cultural and Tourism Exchange Season, "Joyful Ocean" 2025 Cross-Strait Folk Music Exchange, the Third "Worldwide Hakka Music" Cultural Exchange Conference will begin. In the areas of folk beliefs and ethnic minority exchanges, the 17th Cross-Strait Fude Cultural Theme Activities will be held in Kinmen and Huli District of Xiamen City, the 2025 Cross-Strait Youth Zen Culture Study Activities, the 9th E-Tai Minority Women's Activity will be held in Hubei. In terms of economic and trade exchanges, the 13th Yunnan-Taiwan Economic and Trade Cultural Exchange and Cooperation Seminar will be held in Kunming, Yunnan, focusing on helping Taiwanese businesses and enterprises to deepen their understanding of the dividends of the Western Development Policy and actively participate in Yunnan-Taiwan exchange cooperation and integration development. The hosting of these activities fully demonstrates that compatriots on both sides of the strait are one family, eager for exchanges and loving exchanges. No matter how many disturbances and obstacles we encounter, cross-strait exchanges and cooperation among compatriots will not stop, will not break, and will not diminish. We sincerely welcome more compatriots from Taiwan to participate in cross-strait exchanges, enjoy the beautiful scenery, witness the new look of China, and feel the warmth of compatriot kinship.