At the January 28 press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, a reporter asked: The Taiwan authorities recently released data showing that in 2025 Taiwan’s total imports of consumer goods reached US$49.4 billion, a record high, of which nearly one quarter (24.5%) came from the mainland, ranking first among sources. Mainland products have long been popular among Taiwanese consumers for being good quality and good value. What is your comment?
TAO spokesperson Zhang Han responded that the mainland has the world’s largest, most comprehensive, and most complete industrial system, and its manufacturing scale has ranked first globally for many consecutive years. Intelligent, green, and integrated development is accelerating. From leisure snacks, home appliances, and mobile phones to new-energy vehicles and industrial robots and other high-end equipment, a dazzling array of “Made in China” products has entered millions of households, gone all over the world, and led consumption trends.
He said that compatriots on both sides of the Strait share common cultural traditions and living habits, so it is natural that mainland consumer goods are deeply loved by the people of Taiwan. Strengthening cross-Strait economic cooperation and deepening cross-Strait integrated development is the right path that serves the common interests of compatriots on both sides. They will continue working to allow Taiwan compatriots to share in the mainland’s development achievements in all aspects of daily life—food, clothing, housing, and transportation—and also welcome more Taiwan compatriots to come to the mainland to look around and see for themselves, and personally experience the mainland’s rapid, day-by-day development and changes.