Taiwan youth see mainland as land of opportunities

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Coming to the mainland from Taiwan in 2009 as a dream chaser, Fanchiang-Feng, now general manager of the Qida Straits Youths Entrepreneurial and Incubation Center, has now become an entrepreneur helping others to chase their dreams.

Since establishing a start-up incubator in Xiamen in 2016, he and his team have assisted more than 40,000 young people from Taiwan to come to the mainland for exchanges and communication, and supported Taiwan youngsters in launching hundreds of start-up projects on the mainland.

Fanchiang's entrepreneurship experience enabled him to realize the importance of cooperation between Taiwan and the mainland in starting a business. "By working together, young entrepreneurs from across the Strait can learn from each other and achieve greater progress."

At Qida, each department is staffed with directors from both Taiwan and the mainland, and Qida's subsidiary companies are encouraged to have partners from both sides.

"They act as 'translators' to each other who can narrow the unnecessary information gap to the greatest extent and enhance efficiency in their work," Fanchiang said.

He believes that as the integrated development across the Strait deepens, more and more aspiring young people from Taiwan will come to the mainland to pursue their dreams on the fertile ground of opportunities.

"We youth from across the Strait should join hands to shoulder the missions of the times and live up to our youth," Fanchiang said.