Recently, the annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), known as the "two sessions", concluded in Beijing. The holding of the "two sessions" is a major event on China's political agenda, a vivid demonstration of the whole-process people's democracy in China, and an important window for the international community to observe and understand the country. The Report on the Work of the Government 2025 approved during the "two sessions" fully reflects the three "unchanged principles" on the Chinese government's position on the Taiwan question. Based on these three "unchanged principles", I would like to present the facts about the Taiwan question and China's position to my Israeli friends.
First, the Chinese government's basic position on the Taiwan question remains unchanged.
During the "two sessions", Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in response to Taiwan-related questions at a press conference, said that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, which is the history and the reality. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the recovery of Taiwan. Eight decades ago, the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression put Taiwan back under China's sovereign jurisdiction. Both the Cairo Declaration and the Potsdam Proclamation, issued by major victorious nations of WWII, stated in explicit terms that Taiwan is a territory that Japan had stolen from the Chinese, and shall be restored to China. Japan also accepted the terms of the Potsdam Proclamation and announced its unconditional surrender. All these have confirmed China's sovereignty over Taiwan, and formed an important part of the post-WWII international order.
Resolution 2758 was later adopted in 1971 by the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming majority. It decides to restore all the lawful rights of the People's Republic of China at the UN and expel forthwith the representatives of the Taiwan authorities from the UN and all the organizations related to it. The only reference to the Taiwan region in the UN is "Taiwan, Province of China." Taiwan is never a country, not in the past, and never in the future. To clamor for "Taiwan independence" is to split the country, to support "Taiwan independence" is to interfere in China's internal affairs, and to connive at "Taiwan independence" is to undermine the stability of the Taiwan Strait.
Second, the Chinese government's sincerity and goodwill in promoting the wellbeing of Taiwan compatriots remains unchanged.
In order to accommodate Taiwan's realities and safeguard the interests and wellbeing of our compatriots there, the Chinese government has been respecting, caring for, and bringing benefits to our Taiwan compatriots. The 2025 Government Work Report stated that "we will improve institutions and policies for promoting economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation across the Taiwan Strait and advance integrated cross-Strait development to improve the wellbeing of Chinese people on both sides. " This fully demonstrates the Chinese government's resolve to advance cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation, expand cross-Strait people-to-people interactions, and deepen integrated cross-Strait development. We will continue supporting investors and enterprises from Taiwan to do business in the mainland, enabling compatriots in Taiwan to share in the opportunities and achievements of Chinese modernization. We will create better conditions for young people from Taiwan to pursue and realize their dreams in the mainland, and unite compatriots in Taiwan to jointly promote the development of cross-Strait relations.
Third, the Chinese government's resolution to advance the cause of reunification remains unchanged.
The essence of the Taiwan question lies in the struggle between secession and anti-secession. It is a major principled issue of whether national sovereignty and territorial integrity should be safeguarded. On this question, 183 countries, including Israel, have chosen to stand on the right side of history and to establish and develop diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the one-China principle. We appreciate the Israeli government's long-standing adherence to the one-China policy.
The Taiwan question is a legacy of China's civil war. Since 1945, Taiwan has not been a foreign colony or under foreign occupation, and there is no question of people's right to self-determination. Cross-Strait relations are between the central and local authorities, and the future of Taiwan can only be determined by the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots.
For some time now, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan, with the connivance and support of some external forces, have been pursuing separatist activities by hook or by crook, seriously jeopardizing peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and the safety and wellbeing of Taiwan compatriots. Realizing China's complete reunification is a shared aspiration of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation, an inevitable trend of history and a matter of fundamental justice. The will of over 1.4 billion Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan question and achieve national reunification is as firm as a rock, and our capacity to do so is unshakable. We will never allow anyone or any force to separate Taiwan from China, nor will we leave any room for "Taiwan independence" separatist activities.
No matter how the situation changes, there is but one China in the world, and the basic fact that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China will not change. I hope our Israeli friends will not be misled by any Taiwan-related disinformation or false statements, and will not be exploited by the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.
Xiao Junzheng is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of The People's Republic of China to the State of Israel.
