The 13th Straits Youth Day staged its centralized activities on August 1-7, featuring 25 events, including the 13th Straits Youth Heart-to-Heart Exchange, the 9th Cross-Strait College Student Leadership Camp, and the 4th Taiwan Youth Talk at the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). It is estimated that more than 2,000 young talents from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan participated in these events in Fuzhou.
In order to promote youth exchanges and integrated development, Fuzhou has held 12 Straits Youth Festivals since 2013, attracting at least 41,000 participants. Among them, more than 23,000 are Taiwan compatriots, and it was their first trip to the mainland for nearly half of them. Since this year, the Straits Youth Festival has been upgraded to Straits Youth Day, pooling the wisdom of young people and injecting momentum into the integrated development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
As the main event, the Straits Youth Heart-to-Heart Exchange was held in Fuzhou on August 6, at which the second batch of measures to build Fuzhou as a Straits Youth Development City was released, the cooperation to build Straits Youth Development Cities was initiated, and the Declaration on Cooperation among Straits Youth Development Cities (Fuzhou Declaration) was read out by representatives from both sides of the strait. Many speakers also shared touching stories about their family roots, career development, and passionate dreams.
With the theme of "Inheriting Chinese Culture and Honoring Family Ties," in addition to centralized activities, the 13th Straits Youth Day plans to roll out 52 events throughout the year, and it is expected that more than 3,000 Taiwan youth will be invited.
Source: Organizing Committee of the 13th Straits Youth Day