The Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China (Taiwan) stated today (August 21) that the mainstream opinion in Taiwan opposes the political stance of the Chinese Communist Party towards Taiwan, and supports the government’s efforts to enhance cross-strait exchanges security management to prevent infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party.
The Mainland Affairs Council of the Republic of China released the results of a public opinion poll today, showing that “Taiwanese people oppose the political stance of the Chinese Communist Party that diminishes our country’s sovereignty; they support maintaining the current status of cross-strait relations and recognize the serious infiltration by the Chinese Communist Party into Taiwan, and support the government in strengthening the security management of cross-strait exchanges.”
According to the Council, the survey indicated that nearly 85% of the population does not support the Chinese Communist Party’s “one country, two systems” proposal (83.7%), and over 70% disagree with the statement that “both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one (Chinese Communist) country and Taiwan is part of that (Chinese Communist) country” (71.8%). The survey also showed that around 85% of the people support the government’s advocacy for “broadly maintaining the status quo” (86.4%), emphasizing that Taiwan’s future should be determined by its 23 million people (83.1%), with nearly 75% in favor of “the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China not being subordinate to each other” (74.3%), maintaining long-term stability trends.
Furthermore, the Council further stated that over 65% of the population believes that the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration into Taiwan has become increasingly serious in recent years (65.5%). Faced with the threat of Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration and united front tactics, nearly 75% disagree with military and civil servants holding identification documents from mainland China (74.5%), over 65% approve of requiring government employees to apply for permission before traveling to mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau (66.2%), and 66.5% believe that the government should strengthen the scrutiny and management of mainland Chinese individuals applying to visit Taiwan.
“The current tension in cross-strait relations lies in the fact that the Beijing authorities persist in handling cross-strait affairs with rigid political thinking, unwilling to face the objective fact that ‘both sides are not subordinate to each other’; we urge the other side to pragmatically address the current reality of cross-strait relations and the mainstream public opinion in Taiwan, engaging in positive and mutually beneficial interactions with Taiwan,” the Council said.
The Council stated that the Taiwan government will continue to actively implement the “17 Response Strategies to National Security and United Front Threats”, strengthen comprehensive national security legislation and cross-strait exchange management, enhance Taiwan’s democratic resilience, prevent infiltration and united front tactics by the Chinese Communist Party into Taiwan, in order to safeguard the national sovereignty of the Republic of China and the democratic way of life in Taiwan.
This survey was commissioned by the Mainland Affairs Council to the Election Study Center of National Chengchi University. From August 14th to 18th, a total of 1,075 adults aged 20 and above in Taiwan were interviewed by phone, with a confidence level of 95% and a sampling error of ±2.99%.