BEIJING,Feb.27(Xinhua)--Anewversionofthe"GeneralHistoryofTaiwan,"ahistorybookfirstpublishedmorethan100yearsago,wasrevealedataceremonyinBeijingonTuesday.Thethree-volumebookwaswrittenbyLienHeng,aprominentpoetandhistorianofTaiwan,andpublishedin1920and1921.ItwasthefirstpublicationtochroniclethehistoryofTaiwanfromtheSuiDynasty(581-618)to1895,thestartoftheJapaneseoccupation.StartinginMarch2021,morethan20expertsfromTaiwanandeastChina'sFujianProvinceworkedtogethertotranslatethebookfromtheclassicalChineselanguageintomodernChinese,accordingtoitspublishers,theresearchinstituteonthehistoryandcultureofFujianandTaiwan,aswellastheStraitsPublishingDistributingGroup.Thenewversionofthebookisanachievementofcross-Straitacademiccooperationtoprotect,passonandinnovatetheChineseculture,saidZhengJianbang,vicechairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople'sCongressandchairmanoftheCentralCommitteeoftheRevolutionaryCommitteeoftheChineseKuomintang,attheceremony.Itwillalsoplayasignificantroleindenouncing"Taiwanindependence"andhelpingthepeopleofTaiwan,particularlyyoungpeople,developacorrectunderstandingofthehistoryandidentityofTaiwan,saidPanXianzhang,vicedirectoroftheTaiwanWorkOfficeoftheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommitteeandtheStateCouncilTaiwanAffairsOffice.Inacongratulatorylettertotheevent,formerChairmanoftheChineseKuomintangpartyLienChan,adescendantofthebook'sauthor,wrotethatthebookrevealsthelongandunbrokenhistoricalconnectionacrosstheStraitandcarriestheauthor'sdeepaffectionforTaiwanandaspirationtosafeguardthespiritoftheChinesenation.ThenewversionofthebookhasbeenpublishedinsimplifiedChinesecharactersandwillbepublishedintraditionalChinesecharacters,morecommonlyusedinTaiwan,HongKongandMacao.■Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.