The Taiwan People's Party has sent its first official delegation to China
since the party was founded in 2019, with a four-day visit to Shanghai
focused on youth exchanges and dialogue.

The delegation, led by Central Review Committee Chairman Lee Wei-hwa,
departed Tuesday comprising three party staff members and five members of the
party's youth wing.

The delegation will visit economic and historical sites, technology companies
and youth entrepreneurship hubs in Shanghai, and hold discussions with
students at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council said it supports healthy and orderly
cross-strait exchanges based on dignity, parity and the absence of political
preconditions, but also warned the delegation against echoing Chinese
Communist Party or united front rhetoric, saying doing so would send
misleading signals to the international community.

The council also urged Beijing to engage not only with Taiwan's opposition
parties but also with its democratically elected government.