Editing Lien Chan (section)

==Cross-strait relations==
===April 2005 breakthrough journey to mainland China===
{{Main|2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China}}

[[File:Kuomintang nanjing.jpg|thumb|Lien Chan and the [[Kuomintang]] touring the [[Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum]] in [[Nanjing]]. The [[2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China|Pan-Blue coalition visited the mainland]] in 2005.]]

On April 26, 2005, Lien Chan traveled to [[mainland China]] to meet with the leaders of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP). His meeting with [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|Communist Party general secretary]] [[Hu Jintao]] was the highest level exchange since [[Chiang Kai-shek]] and [[Mao Zedong]] met in [[Chongqing]] on August 28, 1945, to celebrate the victory in the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]] and discuss a possible truce in the impending [[Chinese Civil War]].

On April 27, Lien visited the [[Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum]] in Nanjing. On April 28, he arrived in Beijing.

On the afternoon of April 29, he met with PRC [[Paramount leader]] [[Hu Jintao]] (in his capacity as [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]]).

Before meeting with Hu on April 29, Lien Chan delivered a speech at [[Peking University]], which his 96-year-old mother Chao Lan-kun attended nearly 80 years ago. On April 30, he headed to his birthplace [[Xi'an]]. He revisited [[Houzaimen Primary School]], which he attended 60 years ago. He also visited the Great Mausoleum of [[Qin Shi Huang]], China's first emperor. Early on May 1, he paid homage to his grandmother's tomb near Qingliangsi.

Later that day, Lien arrived in [[Shanghai]], where he attended a banquet hosted by Shanghai CCP Party Secretary General [[Chen Liangyu]]. On May 2, he met with [[Wang Daohan]], the 90-year-old chairman of the mainland-based [[Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits]], and the representatives of Taiwanese businesspeople. He returned to Taiwan at noon on May 3.

===October 2005 visit to Shenyang===
In October 2005, Lien made his second visit to the mainland. He visited [[Shenyang]], [[Liaoning]] to pay homage to his maternal grandmother's tomb at Lansheng Village and the school where his mother studied.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

===2006 visit to Mainland China===
[[File:Guomindang president in Beijing Yonghe gong.jpg|thumb|Lien Chan in Beijing in April 2006]]

In April 2006, Lien departed to mainland China to visit [[Fujian]]. He paid tribute to his ancestors in [[Zhangzhou]] and received an honorary doctor's degree from [[Xiamen University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200604/21/eng20060421_260187.html |title=People's Daily Online - Lien Chan arrives in E. China province |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=2006-04-21 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=May 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512203025/http://english.people.com.cn/200604/21/eng20060421_260187.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April 11, 2006, Lien arrived in [[Hangzhou]], [[Zhejiang]]. He was welcomed by [[Xia Baolong]], deputy secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] at the [[Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport]]. In Hangzhou, Lien met with provincial government leaders and visited the [[West Lake]].

Two days later, Lien visited Beijing to attend the first [[Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum]]. Lien met with CCP general secretary [[Hu Jintao]] at the forum, where both underscored the peaceful development of relations between the two sides.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200704/27/eng20070427_370471.html |title=People's Daily Online - China's top political advisor meets Lien Chan ahead of mainland-Taiwan forum |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=2007-04-27 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106170052/http://english.people.com.cn/200704/27/eng20070427_370471.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2010 visit to Shanghai===
In April 2010, Lien visited [[Shanghai]] to attend the opening ceremony of the [[Expo 2010|Shanghai World Expo 2010]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/29/c_13272245.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503043138/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/29/c_13272245.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-03 |title=Kuomintang Honorary Chairman Lien Chan arrives in Shanghai for World Expo |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=2010-04-29 |access-date=2014-05-28 }}</ref>

===2013 visit to Beijing===
In February 2013, Lien visited Beijing to meet with [[Xi Jinping]], the newly elected [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]].

Lien also met with [[Yu Zhengsheng]] (chairman-designate of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]), [[Wang Huning]] (member of the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo of the CCP]]), [[Li Zhanshu]] (chief of the [[General Office of the Chinese Communist Party|General Office of the CCP]]), [[Dai Bingguo]] ([[State Councilor|state councilor of the PRC]]), [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]] (director of the [[Taiwan Affairs Office|Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council]]), [[Chen Yunlin]] and [[Zheng Lizhong]] (president and vice president of [[Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits|ARATS]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/02/26/371350/China-head.htm |title=China head pledges continued peaceful cross-strait relations |newspaper=[[The China Post]] |date=2013-02-26 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=September 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223954/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/02/26/371350/China-head.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lien and his wife [[Lien Fang Yu]] also visited [[Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center]] and met with [[Liu Wang]], [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]] and [[Jing Haipeng]], astronauts of the [[Shenzhou 9]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16262141.htm |title=Lien Chan hails mainland aerospace achievements &#124;Politics |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304144809/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16262141.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2014 visit to Beijing===
Lien and delegates from 80 business leaders and civil group representatives, including former [[Taiwan Solidarity Union]] Chairman [[Shu Chin-chiang]], visited Beijing on 17 February to meet with [[Zhang Zhijun]], the head of [[Taiwan Affairs Office]], and on 18 February with [[Xi Jinping]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|CCP Central Committee]], at the [[Diaoyutai State Guesthouse]] for non-governmental exchanges.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201402140048.aspx |title=Lien has no specific mission on upcoming visit to China: spokesman &#124; Cross-Strait Affairs &#124; FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS |publisher=Focustaiwan.tw |date=2014-02-14 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222061120/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201402140048.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> This 3-day trip came after the invitation from the [[Chinese Communist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2014/02/15/400667/Lien-Chan.htm |title=Lien Chan set to meet Xi during 3-day trip to China |newspaper=The China Post |date=2014-02-15 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152613/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2014/02/15/400667/Lien-Chan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/03/05/2003584920 |title=TSU expels former chairman, revokes party membership |newspaper=[[Taipei Times]] |date=2014-05-22 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304194604/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/03/05/2003584920 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2015 visit to Beijing===
Lien was invited to a Chinese military parade marking the end of the [[Second Sino–Japanese War]] in September 2015. During the visit, Lien asked Beijing to strongly consider supporting ROC President [[Ma Ying-jeou]]'s East China Sea Peace Initiative.