The Chinese mainland on Wednesday criticized Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities over their move to amend the so-called anti-infiltration act, saying the move is aimed at suppressing dissent and restricting cross-strait exchanges.  

Slamming the act as "evil", Zhang Han, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said the act has been widely questioned and opposed in Taiwan since the very beginning.

The DPP authorities said they have begun procedures to amend the so-called act in response to what they call "transnational repression".