Relevant departments of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) will launch more exchange activities in an appropriate time in the future, a Chinese government spokesman said in Beijing Wednesday.

Li Weiyi, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a routine press conference that the KMT local committees of five Taiwan cities and counties have successively visited five mainland cities, including Xiamen, Shenzhen and Qingdao, at the invitation of the CPC committees of these mainland cities from late-August through mid-September.

He said these visits, or the first phase of exchange activities, have proceeded smoothly.

During these visits, he acknowledged, the two sides exchanged views on cooperation in economic, cultural, religious, educational and urban construction fields and shared the intention to cooperate.

"Relevant departments of the two parties will continue with their communications and launch other exchange activities at a proper time in the future," said Li.

Source: Xinhua