Taipei, April 29 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) legislative caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) on Monday highlighted breakthroughs made following his leading of a KMT delegation to Beijing, describing the visit as an “ice-breaker trip” that facilitated allowing Chinese tourists to visit Taiwan.
At a press conference in the Legislative Yuan, Fu, who led a delegation of 17 KMT lawmakers to Beijing from April 26 to 28 and met with senior Chinese officials, said that China has agreed to resume direct air routes between Taiwan and 30 major Chinese cities.
Currently, there are only 15 airports in Taiwan and China where cross-strait flights leave from and arrive, less than a quarter of the 61 before the pandemic.
In addition, residents of 20 densely populated cities in China, including the four direct-administered municipalities — Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing — will be allowed to apply for a permit to visit Taiwan from the Chinese authorities online, Fu said.
“This will allow mainland…