Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: willing to continue to provide assistance for restoring the import of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products into the mainland.

[Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: willing to continue to provide assistance for resuming the import of Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products into the mainland]-- Zhu Fenglian, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said on 20 June that due to the repeated detection of quarantine pests such as mealworms and other quarantine pests from Annona exported to the mainland, the mainland Customs has suspended the import of Annona from Taiwan since September 20, 2021. For some time, Chinese KMT Vice Chairman Xia Liyan and Taitung County Mayor Rao Ching-ling have repeatedly expressed to the relevant mainland authorities their strong desire to resume the import of Taiwan's Annona into the mainland, and organized the industry to carry out rectification and reform to improve the quality of their products. to ensure the safety of Annona exported to the mainland. Recently, Taitung County has provided information on the rectification and reform of some operators. On the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of the relevant rectification measures, the General Administration of Customs decided to resume the import of Annona from Taiwan from June 20, and the Annona exported to the mainland must come from registered packaging factories and orchards. We uphold the concept of "one family on both sides of the strait," always respect, care for, and benefit Taiwan compatriots, and are willing to make joint efforts with relevant parties on the island to continue to provide assistance for the resumption of the import of Taiwan's agricultural and fishing products into the mainland.