page_title: 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China
section_title: Nanjing
hierarchical_section_title: 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China / Lien's visit / Nanjing
caption_attribution_description: English: Lien Chan and his wife at Nanjing. 中文（简体）‎: 连战和妻子在南京明孝陵。 中文（繁體）‎: 連戰和連方瑀在南京明孝陵
context_page_description: The 2005 Pan–Blue visits to mainland China were a series of groundbreaking visits by delegations of the Kuomintang and their allied Pan-Blue Coalition to mainland China. They were hailed as the highest level of exchange between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang since Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong met in Chongqing, China on August 28, 1945.
  On March 28, 2005, the Kuomintang's vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung led a delegation in the first official visit to mainland China by a senior leader of the Kuomintang in 60 years. Later, on April 26, 2005, a 70-member delegation led by the Kuomintang's chairman Lien Chan left Taipei for the ROC's de jure capital of Nanjing via Hong Kong, launching Lien's 8-day Taiwan Strait peace tour; also the first such visit to mainland China in 60 years.
  While in mainland China, Lien met with General Secretary Hu Jintao and expressed interest in improving cross-strait dialogues. Both also re-affirmed a belief in the "One China principle", which was not acknowledged by Taiwan's then-ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party; a part of Taiwan's Pan-Green Coalition.
context_section_description: The delegation transferred onto China Eastern Airlines to Nanjing in Hong Kong, where they were greeted by the PRC Liaison Office of Hong Kong.
  Lien and the delegation arrived at Nanjing Lukou International Airport on April 26, at 16:40. Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council head Chen Yunlin was at the airport to welcome the delegation.  One of Lien's aides, Joanna Lai, quipped "It would have taken just two and half hours from Taipei to Nanjing by direct flight, but we took 50-60 years."  Lien echoed the sentiment in a short speech upon arrival, saying "Taipei and Nanjing are not too distant, but it still took 60 years to come here. It certainly took too long to make the journey."  That night he attended a banquet hosted by the leader of the Jiangsu provincial government and lodged at the Jinling Hotel.
  On April 27, the delegation visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, where Lien burnt incense for the former President surrounded by the general public and press reporters. Lien quoted Sun Yat-Sen's last words "peace, struggle, save China" to promote a healthy relationship across the strait. Lien was the first KMT chairman to visit the mausoleum for 56 years.
  On the same day, Lien visited the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, the former Republic of China Presidential Palace, Tianfei Gong, and the Fuzi Miao (Shrine of Confucius).
  On the morning of April 28, Lien left Nanjing for Beijing.
caption: Lien Chan and his wife, Lien Fang Yu,[17] in Nanjing
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