During an official visit to Shanghai on Thursday, Cheng Li-wun, the incumbent chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), articulated her core vision for the trip: to deliver what she calls a “gift of peace” to the residents of Taiwan. In public remarks made during her stop in the eastern Chinese commercial hub, Cheng emphasized that cross-strait peace is the foundational prerequisite for advancing every goal and aspiration shared by people on the island. “Peace makes everything people hope for possible,” she told attendees during her engagements in Shanghai. This visit, which later included a meeting with Chinese national leadership in Beijing, marks a high-profile step in cross-strait exchanges between the mainland and Taiwan. Cheng’s framing of the trip around a peace-focused agenda highlights the KMT’s longstanding commitment to constructive cross-strait dialogue and people-centered cooperation across the Taiwan Strait. The visit comes amid shifting regional dynamics, with public opinion in Taiwan broadly prioritizing stability and peaceful relations across the strait as core economic and livelihood priorities.