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進入《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Cross-strait talks in Xian to discuss AIIB bid name
Minister of Finance Chang Sheng-ford tells a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday that the name under which Taiwan would take part in the AIIB would be on the agenda of a cross-strait meeting on Friday next week. Photo: Luo Pei-te, Taipei Times
/ Staff writer, with CNA
The issue of what name the nation might use to join the China-proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank （AIIB） is to be discussed during the next round of high-level cross-strait talks, Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford （張盛和） said yesterday.
The name issue is to be raised during an upcoming meeting between Straits Exchange Foundation Chairman Lin Join-sane （林中森） and Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits （ARATS） Chairman Chen Deming （陳德銘） on Friday next week in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian, Chang told a meeting of the legislature’s Finance Committee.
On Tuesday, Taiwan submitted a letter of intent to join the bank to the interim Secretariat for Establishing the AIIB via China’s Taiwan Affairs Office （TAO）, pledging to invest US$200 million.
The office said the following day that it had received the application and that it welcomes Taiwan’s participation under the “proper name.”
Atop the agenda during the Lin-Chen meeting would also be a new Chinese tax law that has canceled preferential taxation for foreign enterprises, foundation Vice Chairman Chou Jih-shine （周繼祥） said on Wednesday.
China issued Notice No. 62 requiring all local governments to “clean up” their investment tax incentives, as the central government is to set up a united investment administration system.
Although the preferential tax polices are offered to businesses owned or controlled by foreign investors, Taiwanese-invested firms will reportedly bear the brunt of the impact from the new requirements, as they have long enjoyed more incentives than other foreign companies offered by local governments in China, Chou said.
The foundation and ARATS are preparing for the 11th round of cross-strait talks by the two semi-official negotiating bodies and expect the talks to be held before the end of this month, though Lin and Chen might not determine the exact time during next week’s meeting, Chou added.
Lin is to lead a 20-member delegation comprising officials from various government agencies to visit China.
They are scheduled to visit Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan Province, on Tuesday before heading to Luoyang in the province and then Xian, the capital of Shaanxi Province, on Thursday and Friday next week.
Most members of the delegation are to return home after their trip to Xian, but Lin is to travel to China’s Fujian Province to attend a cross-strait economic and trade forum there before returning Taiwan on April 12, Chou said.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
