Ruling Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu arrived in Shanghai Saturday for his first visit to China as KMT chairman.
Chu, who is also mayor of New Taipei City, led a 100-member strong delegation to an annual economic and cultural forum between the KMT and the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Chu gave a speech Saturday at Fudan University on the worsening income inequality caused by global capital flows. His first day in China will also include a dinner hosted by Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The highlight of Chu's three-day visit will be his meeting with Chinese leader and CPC General Secretary Xi Jinping on Monday. This will be the third time a KMT chief holds talks with his CPC counterpart when the KMT is in power in Taiwan. The two previous meetings took place in 2008 and 2009, when Wu Po-hsiung was KMT chairman.