A plan has been rolled out to link the mainland and Taiwan with two high-speed railways.
The Fujian government signed a memorandum with the Ministry of Railways on Sunday that endorsed building a high-speed railway from Beijing to Taiwan via Fujian, the quasi-official China News Service reported yesterday.
Another link between Kunming and Taiwan would also be built.
However, the report did not give a timetable, and it was unclear where the island's terminal would be.
The plan marks the latest attempt by Beijing to link the mainland and Taiwan. Beijing has included an expressway between the capital and Taiwan under the 11th five-year economic plan for transport.
A tunnel linking the two sides of the strait was proposed last year by authorities in Fujian, the closest mainland province to Taiwan.