Taiwan and China have agreed to allow Chinese tourists to make stopovers in Taiwan. Under current rules, Chinese tourists may not transit through Taiwan on overseas trips. Lin Join-sane, Taiwan’s top official in charge of cross-strait exchanges, announced the decision on Wednesday.
Lin said that no date has been set, as the Chinese side still has preparations to make.
"The Chinese side says they still need to plan many of the processes and amend many laws, so they are not sure that it can happen this year," Lin said. "They did not promise that they would be ready by the end of the year. When their side is ready, we will promote the transit of Chinese tourists through Taiwan. We hope to see Chinese tourists transiting through Taichung this year."
Lin also said the two sides signed agreements on land taxes and aviation safety in their recent 11th round of talks. In their next meeting, they plan to discuss a trade in goods agreement, cloud computing, and cooperation in environmental protection.