China Announces 10-Measure Cross-Strait Package as KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun Departs Beijing — Travel, Flights, Agriculture, CPC-KMT Communication; DPP Rejects; KMT Welcomes; 32 Days to Trump-Xi Summit

On April 12, 2026 — the final day of KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun's six-day China visit — Beijing simultaneously announced a 10-measure cross-strait engagement package while Cheng departed Beijing Capital International Airport for Taiwan. Song Tao, Head of the Taiwan Work Office of the CPC Central Committee, personally saw the KMT delegation off at the airport. The 10 measures, announced by China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) as authorized following the April 10 Xi-KMT summit, include: (1) Establishing a regular CPC-KMT communication mechanism; (2) Resuming individual travel by Shanghai and Fujian Province residents to Taiwan; (3) Full normalization of direct cross-strait passenger flights, including new routes from Urumqi, Xi'an, Harbin, Kunming, and Lanzhou; (4) Infrastructure integration — sharing water, electricity, and gas supplies between Fujian Province and Taiwan's Kinmen and Matsu islands; (5) Exploring sea-crossing bridge construction linking Fujian and Kinmen/Matsu when conditions permit; (6) A mechanism to facilitate entry of Taiwan agricultural and fishery products meeting quarantine standards into the mainland — explicitly conditioned on 'adhering to the 1992 Consensus and opposing Taiwan independence'; (7) An institutionalized youth exchange platform; (8) Permitting Taiwanese TV dramas, documentaries, and animation in China if they have 'correct orientation, healthy content, and high production quality'; (9) Promoting educational institution exchanges; (10) Cultural heritage and tourism promotion. The KMT said the measures 'align with expectations across Taiwanese society and serve as an important boost to the peaceful development of cross-strait relations.' Taiwan's DPP government rejected the package: DPP lawmakers accused Cheng of 'misrepresenting Taiwanese public opinion' and 'undermining national security.' MAC noted the measures require PRC direct engagement with Taiwan's democratically elected government to be implemented under the current DPP administration. The package arrives 32 days before the scheduled Trump-Xi Beijing summit (May 14-15, 2026) and represents Beijing's attempt to project cross-strait engagement momentum ahead of the meeting — while conditioning all measures on the 1992 Consensus that the DPP government does not accept.