Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Taiwan's main opposition leader in Beijing, marking the first such high-level meeting between the Chinese leader and a sitting Taiwanese opposition figure in a decade.

The meeting involved Cheng Li-wun, who leads Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) party. This represents the first time in ten years that a sitting leader of Taiwan's main opposition party has visited mainland China for discussions with Chinese leadership.

During the meeting, Xi conveyed China's position on cross-strait relations, emphasizing Beijing's stated goals of peace and unification with Taiwan. The Chinese president used the encounter to present his government's approach to Taiwan policy and regional stability.

The timing of the meeting comes as tensions remain elevated in the Taiwan Strait, with Beijing continuing to assert its claims over the self-governing island. Taiwan's current government, led by the Democratic Progressive Party, maintains a more distant stance from mainland China compared to the KMT's historically closer ties.

The meeting represents a significant diplomatic engagement between Beijing and Taiwan's opposition, occurring against the backdrop of broader regional security concerns and ongoing cross-strait political dynamics. Such high-level exchanges between Chinese leadership and Taiwan opposition figures have been rare in recent years.