习近平向第十五届海峡论坛致贺信

新华社北京6月17日电 6月17日，中共中央总书记、国家主席习近平向第十五届海峡论坛致贺信。

习近平指出，海峡论坛是促进两岸各界广泛交往、推动两岸民间交流合作的重要平台。两岸同胞通过海峡论坛交流交友交心，厚植情谊、增进福祉，越走越近、越走越亲。希望海峡论坛为扩大两岸民间交流、深化两岸融合发展不断增添生机活力。

习近平强调，中国式现代化新征程前景光明，国家好，民族好，两岸同胞才会好。我们将一如既往尊重、关爱、造福台湾同胞，持续促进两岸经济文化交流合作，深化两岸各领域融合发展，共同弘扬中华文化，促进两岸同胞心灵契合。希望两岸同胞共同把握历史大势，坚守民族大义，为推动两岸关系和平发展、推进祖国统一大业作出贡献，共创中华民族绵长福祉，共享民族复兴伟大荣光！

第十五届海峡论坛由国务院台湾事务办公室与福建省人民政府会同两岸82家机构、组织共同主办，主题为“扩大民间交流、深化融合发展”，17日在厦门举办论坛大会。

Xi sends congratulatory letter to 15th Straits Forum

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, sent a congratulatory letter to the 15th Straits Forum on Saturday.

Calling the Straits Forum an important platform for people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to broadly engage in exchanges and promote cooperation, Xi expressed his hope in the letter that the forum will constantly inject vitality into people-to-people exchanges and the integrated development across the Strait.

We will continue to respect, care for and deliver benefits to the Taiwan compatriots, promote cross-Strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and advance integrated development in various fields, he said.

Xi called for joint efforts to promote the Chinese culture and forge closer bonds.

He called on people from both sides of the Strait to work together to keep pace with the trends of history, safeguard the overall interests of the Chinese nation and contribute to the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and the cause of national reunification.

The 15th Straits Forum was jointly held by the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, Fujian provincial government and 82 institutions and organizations from across the Strait. The forum's main conference commenced on Saturday in the coastal city of Xiamen.