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Liu Jieyi, the director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of China’s State Council, enumerated the policies encouraging cross-Strait exchanges and benefiting compatriots from Taiwan. While talking to reporters following the opening of the NPC, China’s top legislature, he said that more and more young people are crossing the Strait to seek their dreams in the Chinese mainland. Over the past year, 2,000 Taiwan-funded firms have enjoyed preferential tax policies in the Mainland, and over 100 Taiwan residents received the Medals of Labor from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.