Jiang Liping, vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League, said at a recent conference in Beijing, "The CPC played an irreplaceable guiding role in the victory of the nation's war against aggression and strongly promoted the movement to recover Taiwan."

As early as May 15, 1937, Mao Zedong told a journalist from the United States that China's goal was to achieve a final victory in the war — a victory that would recover the occupied Chinese territories in Northeast China and to the south of the Shanhai Pass, and secure the liberation of Taiwan.

Jiang said, this vision resonated deeply with Taiwan compatriots, many of whom believed that only through unity with the mainland under the CPC's leadership could Taiwan break free from colonial rule.

Throughout the 50 years of Japanese occupation, more than 650,000 Taiwan compatriots sacrificed their lives resisting their colonizers, he said, which is a vivid demonstration that Taiwan people have always been part of the Chinese nation's struggle for sovereignty.