In "An Open Letter to Our Compatriots on Taiwan," delivered in 1979 before the National People's Congress by standing central committee member Ye Jianying, the Communists declared that they would cease shelling Kinmen, Matsu and other offshore islands and would set up navigation and postal links as soon as possible to facilitate direct contacts between the two sides and carry out acade mic and cultural exchange.
一九七九年，中共人大常委葉劍英在「全國人大」會議上發表「告台灣同胞書」，宣佈停止對金門等島的砲擊，建議雙方盡快實施通航、通郵，以利兩地同胞直接接觸，進行學術、文化的交流。