The 10th Cross-Straits Cultural Exchange Month was launched in Kunshan, Suzhou City on September 7, along with the lighting ceremony for the Mid-Autumn Lantern Fair.

The program has become an important platform to deepen cross-Straits exchanges and cooperation, and the edition this year will include 59 activities.

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Kunshan opened a new cultural and tourism commercial street on the same day, which is home to nearly 40 businesses specialized in Taiwan’s specialties, snacks, tea culture and creative industries.

The venue aims to host region-first stores of top brands, build the most dynamic hub of Taiwan business and culture in the Yangtze River Delta region, and turn into a popular nightlife destination and a pilot space for new type of retail in the digital economy.