The Chinese mainland will always keep the promise as made to Taiwan people, said Dai Xiaofeng, official with Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

He said Wednesday that the mainland has already solved several issues for Taiwan people, such as same education fees for Taiwan students, more easy accesses for inbound and outbound trips, and no taxes on imported agricultural products.

Charter flights were operated for the second time during the Spring Festival.

In order to guarantee the quality of the pandas being sent to Taiwan, a special expert team was organized, he noted. They went to Sichuan province, which was a redundant of panda resource, to pick two lovely animals. Over 100 million people voted for the name of the pandas before the traditional Spring Festival, he added.

Dai said his office tried to urge the Taiwan authority to allow in mainland visitors since the mainland decided so last May. The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will further promote relevant jobs, such as detailed technological issues.

He said the mainland has made full preparations for residents visiting Taiwan. He hoped the Taiwan authority can adopt a more active attitude to promote the job in order to benefit the two sides.

(Xinhua News Agency February 16, 2006)