Mid-Autumn Festival event promotes cross-Strait harmony in Fuzhou

A resident from Matsu recommended Matsu liquor at the Mid-Autumn Festival event in Fuzhou, Fujian province on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The shared identity and family ties between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait was the main theme of a Mid-Autumn Festival gathering on Saturday in Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province.

"Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are Chinese and part of one family," Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said, emphasizing the need to oppose "Taiwan independence" separation and external interference to safeguard the homeland.