A winter camp featuring Spring Festival activities and tours across the Chinese mainland opened for Taiwan youth in Beijing on Friday.

The opening ceremony organized by the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots was held at the Taiwan Club in Beijing on Friday morning.

Ji Bin, vice-chairman of the federation, said during the ceremony that the federation will continue to seek welfare and create opportunities for young people from Taiwan, and act as a "close friend" and a "guide".

He hoped that young people from Taiwan will join hands with their peers from the mainland and be brave to join the journey of the mainland's progress in modernization.