Trade across Taiwan Strait continues to grow in 2025: spokesperson

BEIJING -- Taiwan-funded enterprises on the Chinese mainland maintained stable operations in 2025, with investment from Taiwan and cross-Strait trade also posting steady growth, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Speaking at a regular press conference, Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, noted that 6,423 new Taiwan-funded enterprises were established on the mainland in the first ten months of 2025, with actual utilized Taiwan capital hitting $1.75 billion, up 53 percent year on year.

Of these new ventures, 2,043 are based in Fujian province, on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait, with utilized capital from Taiwan reaching $670 million.

Chen added that cross-Strait trade volume reached $285.395 billion from January to November in 2025, up 7.3 percent year on year.

Highlighting the mainland's efforts to facilitate cross-Strait personnel exchanges, he said cross-Strait airlines operated over 610 passenger flights weekly last year.

Chen also cited data showing that the Xiamen-Kinmen ferry service recorded over 1.75 million passenger trips in the January-November period of 2025, representing a 45.77 percent year-on-year increase.