China to end Taiwan visa requirement

BEIJING: China will lift a visa requirement for Taiwanese traveling to the mainland, state media reported Sunday, part of a wider plan to reduce barriers between the two communities.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, made the announcement at a forum in the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, but did not give a date when the policy would take effect.