BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China has pledged to resolutely fight separatist forces aimed at "Taiwan independence" and oppose external interference, according to a government work report submitted to the annual session of the National People's Congress, or the national legislature, which opened on Thursday.

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The report stressed the need to fully implement the Communist Party of China's overall policy for the new era on resolving the Taiwan question, reaffirming commitment to the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus.

China has vowed to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advance the cause of national reunification, according to the report.