Mainland Taiwan Affairs Office response to Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation saying "Taiwanese hardly eat pineapples and cherimoyas" causes uproar in Taiwan.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council held a routine press conference. A reporter asked: at a time when the mainland is actively expanding the market for agricultural and fishery products such as pineapples and lychees from some counties and cities in Taiwan, Liang Wenjie, spokesperson of the Taiwan Affairs Office, recently stated, "Taiwanese people hardly eat pineapples and lychees, they can be said to be completely reliant on the mainland for agricultural products," causing a stir among public opinion in Taiwan, believing that this is pure political manipulation, completely disregarding the livelihood of Taiwanese farmers. What is the spokesperson's comment on this? Spokesperson Zhang Han said that the DPP authorities have always ignored the livelihood of the people and harmed their interests. They not only do not care, pay attention to, or solve the livelihood problems of grassroots farmers and fishermen on the island, but also mock, underestimate, and devalue the labor achievements of agricultural and fishery workers, attack, slander, and smear the goodwill of the mainland. Justice lies in the hearts of the people, their misconduct has already stirred up public resentment on the island. If the DPP authorities do not stop their political manipulation and obstructing cross-strait exchanges and cooperation, they will suffer even greater backlash from public opinion.