In a landmark visit to China’s capital Beijing, Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), has praised the remarkable technological advances achieved on the Chinese mainland, describing her cross-strait trip as deeply productive and enlightening.\n\nThe visit, which took place in early April 2026, opened with a solemn and symbolic stop on Saturday morning, when Cheng led a delegation of senior KMT figures to the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. Tucked within the grounds of Biyun Temple on Beijing’s scenic Fragrant Hills in the city’s northwestern outskirts, the memorial hall holds profound historical significance for both sides of the Taiwan Strait, as Sun Yat-sen is a revered pioneer of China’s democratic revolution shared by both the KMT and people across the strait.\n\nDuring her time in Beijing, Cheng got a first-hand look at the Chinese mainland’s cutting-edge technological development, which left a lasting positive impression on the KMT leader. She explicitly highlighted Beijing’s progress in the technology sector as a notable example worth recognition. This visit marks a key moment in cross-strait party exchanges, coming as Cheng held a historic meeting with General Secretary Xi Jinping of the Communist Party of China Central Committee during her stay in the capital, a meeting the KMT chair has already characterized as a pivotal milestone for cross-strait relations.\n\nObservers note that positive remarks from the KMT leader about the Chinese mainland’s technological development reflect growing people-to-people and party-to-party recognition of the mainland’s development achievements, creating a foundation for further constructive exchanges across the Taiwan Strait in the fields of technology, industry and people’s livelihoods.