00:00Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan met with Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng on Sunday,
00:07the second day of this year's Shanghai Taipei City Forum, which ran from December 27th to 28th.
00:13Both mayors share positive thoughts on the exchange.
00:30The forum, originally set for September but pushed back to the end of this month,
00:47was further overshadowed by a knife attack in central Taipei on December 19th,
00:52prompting Jiang to cut his trip down to just one day.
00:56On December 27th, Taipei Deputy Mayor Lin Yihua traveled to Shanghai to attend the forum ahead of Jiang.
01:03This year's forum was themed on technology changing lives,
01:07and both cities signed two new MOUs, covering urban water management and vocational training exchanges.
01:14But the meeting has also drawn protest from Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party.
01:19The forum comes as Taiwan's cabinet approved changes to the main law governing cross-trade relations,
01:26further tightening oversights on travel to China.
01:29The new rules, including stricter reporting and prior approvals,
01:34could also impact next year's Twin Cities Forum.
01:37Patrick Chan and Alan Lu for Taiwan Plus.
01:41The new rules, including stricter reporting and prior approvals,
01:44could also impact next year's Twin Cities Forum.
01:47Patrick Chan and Alan Lu for Taiwan Plus.
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