At the Tsinghua Cross-Strait Forum held in Beijing on Thursday, over 140 experts and scholars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait convened to discuss strategies for advancing cross-Strait relations and achieving national reunification under evolving circumstances. The forum, hosted at Tsinghua University, emphasized the importance of addressing new challenges and fostering unity to overcome obstacles in the reunification process. Qiu Kaiming, vice-president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, highlighted the need for compatriots on both sides to stand on the right side of history and uphold the pride and dignity of being Chinese. Wu Yongping, director of the Institute for Taiwan Studies at Tsinghua University, dismissed the Taiwan independence movement as a fleeting episode in the broader narrative of Chinese history. He stressed that healthy cross-Strait relations are essential for national rejuvenation, which will inevitably lead to reunification. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as political and economic relations, people-to-people exchanges, and the external factors influencing cross-Strait ties. Experts noted a positive shift in public opinion in Taiwan, with growing support for peace and exchanges across the Strait. Additionally, they observed a transition in cross-Strait economic relations from traditional industrial complementarity to joint industrial development.