Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, called for peace and common development across the Taiwan Straits at the opening of the Cross-Straits Economic and Trade Forum on Friday.

Lien, who attended the forum leading a KMT delegation, reiterated his stance on the cross-Straits relations and hoped that proposals put forward at the two-day forum could boost the development of the cross-Straits ties in the future.

His topic is "Peace and Prosperity -- Common Aspiration."

Source: Xinhua