Visiting Chairman Lien Chan of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party delivers a speech at Beijing University in Beijing on April 29, 2005. (Video grab from CCTV)

It is the common aspiration of all Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits to seek reconciliation and dialog for the building of a win-win future, said visiting Chairman Lien Chan of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party Friday in Beijing.

"We should put the people first and give priority to the people 's well-being," he said during a speech delivered at Beijing University. "This is supported by all the Chinese people, including the 23 million residents in Taiwan and the 1.3 billion on the mainland."

"We're paving the way and building a bridge, and the people will be glad to see cross-Straits dialog, reconciliation and cooperation, rather than confrontation or conflict," Lien said.

Before Lien and his KMT delegation left Taiwan for the Chinese mainland, Lien said a poll conducted in Taiwan indicated 66 percent of the Taiwan people support cross-Straits reconciliation and dialogue, while about 30 percent say it is unlikely to produce any concrete result.

Lien told his audience in Beijing University it is a historic opportunity to sum up the past and build a common future for both sides of the Straits. "And this is very important," he said.

Lien Chan calls for "pieces" of efforts to build cross-Straits peace

Lien said Friday that the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Straits should work together for peace and stability by "actively" maintaining the status quo.

In his speech at Beijing University, Lien said "maintaining the status quo may be the best way to develop cross-Straits relations, but it should not be done in a passive manner."

By maintaining the status quo, both sides should seek more common grounds while reserving differences and create a win-win future for all the Chinese people across the Straits, he said.

He quoted a famous Western saying "peace by pieces," saying that every Chinese should contribute his "peace" of efforts to the promotion of peace across the Taiwan Straits, and every Chinese should be held accountable for the well-being of the rest of the

Chinese on the globe.

Lien Chan: mainland, Taiwan to join hands for common prosperity

Chairman Lien Chan of the Kuomintang party said here Friday that it is undoubtedly good for the Chinese mainland and Taiwan to join hands for common prosperity.

The win-win situation resulting from closer economic ties across the Taiwan Straits will benefit not only the two sides but also neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific region, Lien said in a speech to teachers and students of Beijing University.

"One plus one makes more than two," Lien said, adding that the two sides across the Straits are now more and more interdependent.

While the mainland is striving for rapid economic growth, Taiwan tries is on the way for its second round of economic miracle, Lien said.

"The common prosperity for the Chinese across the Straits is no longer a unattainable dream," he said.

Lien Chan: peaceful and win-win future historical trend

Lien said in Beijing Friday that sticking to peace and achieving a win-win future are a historical trend and the shared outcry of the people across the Taiwan Straits.

In his speech delivered at Beijing University, Lien said that the historical trend and common aspiration of the people encouraged him to shoulder the historical responsibility in achieving those goals.

Lien Chan gives speech at Beijing University

Visiting Chairman Lien Chan of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Party began a speech in Beijing University Friday morning before a planned meeting with Hu Jintao,

general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in the afternoon.