(LAN HONGGUANG)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping (right) meets with Wu Poh-Hsiung, Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), in Beijing on June 13.

Xi called on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan to "heal the historical trauma" and set the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as their common goal.

"The peaceful development of cross-Straits ties has become an important part of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Xi said.

The CPC Central Committee will maintain consistency in existing policies toward Taiwan by promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits ties so as to bring greater well-being to compatriots across the Taiwan Straits and the Chinese nation, according to Xi.

Wu stressed that adhering to the "1992 consensus" and opposing "Taiwan independence" are the positions of both the KMT and CPC, adding that both sides define the cross-Straits relationship within the one-China framework—not as a country-to-country relationship.