The 18th Straits Forum is set to take place on Saturday in Xiamen, with Wang Huning expected to speak.
The Straits Forum, now in its 18th edition since 2009, serves as Beijing’s main platform for cross-strait people-to-people engagement in fields such as culture and economics.
The main forum takes place on Saturday in Xiamen, Fujian province, amid tightened restrictions by Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
For the first time, the DPP has explicitly banned municipal and county government officials from attending, upgrading earlier advisories and expanding an existing ban on more senior officials.
Beijing sees Taiwan as part of China to be reunited by force if necessary.
