Published : 26/04/2026

From 26 April to 3 May, 2005, Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) visited the Chinese Mainland.

Lien Chan was the first highest leader of the Kuomintang (KMT) to set foot on the Chinese Mainland after 1949, and this visit marked the first highest-level meeting between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 60 years.

Lien Chan and a group of nearly 70 people departed from Taipei that day, embarking on an eight-day "Journey of Peace."

After transferring in Hong Kong, they arrived at Nanjing Airport at around 4 p.m. the same afternoon, and were met by Director of the Taiwan Affairs Office Chen Yunlin (陳雲林), along with several Jiangsu provincial party leaders, as well as dozens of Taiwanese business association presidents from within the province.

During this trip, Lien Chan also went to Beijing to meet with Hu Jintao (胡錦濤), the then General Secretary of the CPC. The two sides first held talks at the Great Hall of the People, followed by a banquet hosted by Hu Jintao at Yingtai in Zhongnanhai.