Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, congratulated Eric Chu on his election as chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang on Saturday.

Xi said in a message that he hoped the two parties, in the cardinal interest of the Chinese nation, can continue working together to maintain the common political commitments of upholding the 1992 Consensus and opposing "Taiwan independence".

In recent years, the CPC and KMT have advanced mainland-Taiwan relations toward peaceful development, which has resulted in benefits for the people of both sides and resulted in higher expectations for the future of cross-Straits ties, Xi said.