Editing Lien Chan (section)

===2006 visit to Mainland China===
[[File:Guomindang president in Beijing Yonghe gong.jpg|thumb|Lien Chan in Beijing in April 2006]]

In April 2006, Lien departed to mainland China to visit [[Fujian]]. He paid tribute to his ancestors in [[Zhangzhou]] and received an honorary doctor's degree from [[Xiamen University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200604/21/eng20060421_260187.html |title=People's Daily Online - Lien Chan arrives in E. China province |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=2006-04-21 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=May 12, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512203025/http://english.people.com.cn/200604/21/eng20060421_260187.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On April 11, 2006, Lien arrived in [[Hangzhou]], [[Zhejiang]]. He was welcomed by [[Xia Baolong]], deputy secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] at the [[Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport]]. In Hangzhou, Lien met with provincial government leaders and visited the [[West Lake]].

Two days later, Lien visited Beijing to attend the first [[Cross-Straits Economic Trade and Culture Forum]]. Lien met with CCP general secretary [[Hu Jintao]] at the forum, where both underscored the peaceful development of relations between the two sides.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.people.com.cn/200704/27/eng20070427_370471.html |title=People's Daily Online - China's top political advisor meets Lien Chan ahead of mainland-Taiwan forum |publisher=English.people.com.cn |date=2007-04-27 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106170052/http://english.people.com.cn/200704/27/eng20070427_370471.html |url-status=live }}</ref>