Zhu Fenglian, the new spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made her first public appearance at a news conference on Wednesday.

She greeted journalists and Taiwan compatriots in Mandarin Chinese as well as the Hokkien and Hakka dialects.

"I hope to work with you to help compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits gain a timely, accurate, comprehensive and objective understanding of the mainland's policy and position on Taiwan, so as to improve understanding and trust between the two sides," she told the media.

Zhu, 42, from Meizhou, Guangdong province, is the seventh spokesperson and the second spokeswoman for the office since it started holding news conferences in 2000 to brief media on the Chinese mainland's policies and stances on Taiwan affairs.

Holding master's degrees in literature and public administration, she joined the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office in 2003 and has since served in multiple roles in the office.