Visiting delegates from eight Taiwan cities and counties are appreciated for their efforts to uphold the 1992 Consensus promoting cross-Straits communication and boosting the peaceful development of relations with the Chinese mainland, China's top political adviser said in Beijing on Sunday.

The delegates were from New Taipei City and the counties of Hsinchu, Miaoli, Nantou, Hualien, Taitung, Kinmen and Lienchiang.

Yu Zhengsheng, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, made the remark as he met with delegates and extended a welcome.