KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung arrives in Nanjing for mainland visit

2008-05-26 08:41:06 GMT       2008-05-26 16:41:06 (Beijing Time)       Xinhua English

Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (C) is welcomed by Chen Yunlin(R), director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on May. 26, 2008. Invited by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and General Secretary Hu Jintao, Wu will visit the three mainland cities of Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai.(Xinhua Photo)

NANJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung arrived in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Monday, starting the first leg of a six-day mainland visit.

Invited by the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and General Secretary Hu Jintao, Wu will visit the three mainland cities of Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai.

The KMT chairman would express condolences to victims of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province on behalf of his party and the people of Taiwan, and put forward opinions on promoting mutually beneficial cooperation across the Taiwan Straits.

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