TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安)will reportedly attend the Taipei-Shanghai twin cities forum scheduled for Aug. 29-31, though a spokesperson for Tapei city would not confirm the reports.
UDN reports an unnamed source who said that the Taipei Mayor will be in attendance, while a spokesperson for Taipei City said that they are still in the process of coordinating the visit and will announce details publicly when confirmed. Sources familiar with the matter said that Chiang will sign three MOUs between the Taipei and Shanghai governments, pertaining to sports exchanges, exhibition marketing, and green energy projects.
11 elected Taipei officials will reportedly accompany Chiang, with members of the Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) drawing lots to decide who goes. The source also said that this year’s Twin Cities Forum has been organized to avoid conflicting with the anniversary of the Aug. 23 Artillery Battle that occurred during the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1958.
The Taipei-Shanghai forum was first held in 2010 by former Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) of the KMT, and was continued by the TPP’s Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) when he took office as Taipei Mayor in 2014.