Cross-Strait youth development forum opens in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Over 1,000 guests and youth representatives from across the Taiwan Strait have gathered to promote closer bonds and integrated development at a forum that opened on Monday in the city of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.

Addressing the opening event of the seventh cross-Strait youth development forum, senior mainland Taiwan affairs official Song Tao pledged continuous efforts