The 13th Straits Youth Day Opened In Fuzhou, Fujian
In order to promote youth exchanges and integrated development, Fuzhou has held 12 Straits Youth Festivals since 2013, attracting at least 41,000 participants. Among them, more than 23,000 are Taiwan compatriots, and it was their first trip to the mainland for nearly half of them. Since this year, the Straits Youth Festival has been upgraded to Straits Youth Day, pooling the wisdom of young people and injecting momentum into the integrated development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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