The Fujian Haixia High-Speed Passenger RORO Shipping Company confirmed the travel schedule for the Straits ship from this October to February next year.
On Nov 6, a shipment of semi-finished liquid crystal displays (LDC) worth $340,000 arrived in Pingtan by the Straits, the largest high-speed, direct passenger ship linking Pingtan and Taiwan.
On Nov 7, a maritime search and rescue drill was held on the Straits ship in Pingtan. The Straits, or Haixia, is the first direct high-speed commercial ship between Pingtan on the mainland and Taiwan.
Two new ports have been opened on the Chinese mainland for direct shipping links between the mainland and Taiwan.
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange recently approved two foreign currency exchange agencies in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone.
As many as 840,000 passenger trips were made on ships crossing the Taiwan Straits in the first half of the year, a rise of 13.6 percent from a year earlier.
The Pingtan Office of Fujian's Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau issued its first customs declaration form for 5.7 tons of abalone feed imported from Taiwan on June 20.
A large number of pumpkins left Pingtan for Taiwan, in a major move for a local Fujianese company, which is exporting its produce directly to Taiwan for the very first time.
