The 2023 annual conference of the summit for entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Straits will be held on November 14 and 15 in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The theme of the conference will be integrated and high-quality development under the new development pattern, said Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, adding that topics such as the integrated development of the industrial and supply chains across the Straits will be discussed at the event.

About 800 people, including entrepreneurs, experts and scholars from both sides of the Straits, will participate in the conference, according to Chen.

Established in 2013, the cross-Straits entrepreneurs summit serves as an important platform for boosting cross-Straits economic exchanges and promoting the peaceful development of cross-Straits relations.

(Cover: The Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan. /CFP)