Wu Poh-hsiung, honorary chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) Party, addresses the opening ceremony of the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular forum between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 7, 2011. Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee attended the opening ceremony. More than 400 representatives and experts from both sides attended the forum. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)