The facts revealed that compatriots on the two sides of the Strait share the same roots, culture and ethnic identity, and it is their natural emotion and simple desire to communicate and carry out exchanges and cooperation, a demand that the Democratic Progressive Party authorities can not thwart, Chen said.

Meanwhile, there is also a need to effectively facilitate the technology's healthy and sustainable development, rather than thwart it by restrictions, he added.

Amid COVID, China calls to strengthen G20's ability to thwart any global financial dangersThe Chinese central bank governor has called for increasing the general allocation of the international reserve assets created by the International Monetary Fund to enhance all G20 members' ability to handle unintended global financial vulnerability amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The weakening of the yuan came after it was reported on Monday that the central bank has eliminated the rule requiring banks to set aside a 20 percent deposit on forward sales of foreign exchange, which was imposed in 2015 to thwart capital outflows and keep the yuan stable.