Around 400 workers from Pingtan and Taiwan took part in a cycling race in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone (PCPZ), Fujian province on May 1.
It is the second straight year of the race, echoing President Xi Jinping?s call for increasing cross-Straits cultural communication.
The event was divided into three groups ? men?s 90km road, men?s 60km mountain and women?s 30km mountain. Huang Jin, Lin Bingyu and Lin Xiaoqing clinched the top place in their groups.
Cycling is a popular sport. The race will serve as a bridge for Pingtan and Taiwan?s workers, said Lin Jiangling, deputy director of PCPZ?s administrative committee.
?The event is of great significance in enhancing cross-Straits communications,? said Yao Chiang-lin, chairman of the Chung-Hua Cross-Strait Labor Relations Development Association.
Yao added that he hopes more Taiwan professionals will come to Pingtan to take advantage of favorable policies in the Pingtan Free Trade Zone.
