BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Kuomintang (KMT) Party of China Chairman Lien Chan said here Friday that the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits should work together for peace and stability by "actively" maintaining the status quo.

In his speech at Beijing University, Lien said "maintaining the status quo may be the best way to develop cross-Straits relations, but it should not be done in a passive manner."

By maintaining the status quo, both sides should seek more common grounds while reserving differences and create a win-win future for all the Chinese people across the Straits, he said.

He quoted a famous Western saying "peace by pieces," saying that every Chinese should contribute his "piece" of efforts to the promotion of peace across the Taiwan Straits, and every Chinese should be held accountable for the well-being of the rest of the Chinese on the globe.