only in the process of China's rejuvenation.Thus,peaceful unification is contingent upon peaceful development of the two sides,as well as the"great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation." As mentioned above,institutional identification is one of the important elements in national identity.Since the two sides are practicing different political,economic and social systems,they need to find out more commonalities in their institutions,particular in terms of governance.As the Mainland has strived to enhance state governance capacities in recent years,Taiwan's experience in governance and public policies can provide useful guidance.While the spirit of"one country, two systems"suggests different societies can have their respective institutions,to accommodate two systems in one country requires overlapping institutional linkages.Democratic governance is one cutting point for it.As a first step,Taiwanese neighborhood officials(lizhang)and Mainland officials at the equivalent level in Shanghai have paid mutual visits and shared their worksite experience.This practice may help to reduce the institutional gap between the two sides at the lower level. Conclusion The growing national identity in Taiwan both at the cultural/ethnical dimension and political/civil aspect has presented a severe challenge to the Mainland's efforts at reconstructing Chinese national identity in a modern time.While most people in Taiwan identify themselves as Taiwanese from cultural and even ethnical perspectives,a significant portion of people,less than one quarter though,prefer Taiwan's independence sooner or later from a political and civil perspective.The nuance between Taiwanese consciousness (Taiwan yishi)and the idea of Taiwanese independence is well perceived by Beijing,who has tried her best to accommodate the Taiwanese culture under the big umbrella of Chinese culture.That the overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan also recognize they are part of the Chinese nation seems like a good message for a confident Beijing.However,more people in Taiwan prefer independence to unification and the majority of them would not accept unification with the mainland even if the latter practice democratic institutions as Taiwan.Despite Beijing's efforts to prepare economic,cultural,social and political foundations for peaceful development of cross-strait relations toward her final goal, China's national identity reconstruction as related to Taiwan remains a long journey.Taiwanese feelings towards economic benefits offered by the Mainland are neutralized by social dislocation on the island,similar historical and cultural backgrounds of the two sides are interrupted by Japanese colonial rule and long-existed separate governance thereafter,and political detente is intertwined with periodical crisis.All these have suggested to the mainland that reconstruction of Chinese national identity across the Taiwan Strait requires not only economic modernization and integration,mutual cultural exchange and assimilation and reinterpretation of contemporary Chinese history and political relations between the two entities prior to China's reunification,but also improvement of public governance and political engineering in the mainland.In other words, reconstruction of Chinese national identity is a long project involving all people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. 1212 only in the process of China’s rejuvenation. Thus, peaceful unification is contingent upon peaceful development of the two sides, as well as the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” As mentioned above, institutional identification is one of the important elements in national identity. Since the two sides are practicing different political, economic and social systems, they need to find out more commonalities in their institutions, particular in terms of governance. As the Mainland has strived to enhance state governance capacities in recent years, Taiwan’s experience in governance and public policies can provide useful guidance. While the spirit of “one country, two systems” suggests different societies can have their respective institutions, to accommodate two systems in one country requires overlapping institutional linkages. Democratic governance is one cutting point for it. As a first step, Taiwanese neighborhood officials (lizhang) and Mainland officials at the equivalent level in Shanghai have paid mutual visits and shared their worksite experience. This practice may help to reduce the institutional gap between the two sides at the lower level. Conclusion The growing national identity in Taiwan both at the cultural/ethnical dimension and political/civil aspect has presented a severe challenge to the Mainland’s efforts at reconstructing Chinese national identity in a modern time. While most people in Taiwan identify themselves as Taiwanese from cultural and even ethnical perspectives, a significant portion of people, less than one quarter though, prefer Taiwan’s independence sooner or later from a political and civil perspective. The nuance between Taiwanese consciousness (Taiwan yishi) and the idea of Taiwanese independence is well perceived by Beijing, who has tried her best to accommodate the Taiwanese culture under the big umbrella of Chinese culture. That the overwhelming majority of people in Taiwan also recognize they are part of the Chinese nation seems like a good message for a confident Beijing. However, more people in Taiwan prefer independence to unification and the majority of them would not accept unification with the mainland even if the latter practice democratic institutions as Taiwan. Despite Beijing’s efforts to prepare economic, cultural, social and political foundations for peaceful development of cross-strait relations toward her final goal, China’s national identity reconstruction as related to Taiwan remains a long journey. Taiwanese feelings towards economic benefits offered by the Mainland are neutralized by social dislocation on the island, similar historical and cultural backgrounds of the two sides are interrupted by Japanese colonial rule and long-existed separate governance thereafter, and political détente is intertwined with periodical crisis. All these have suggested to the mainland that reconstruction of Chinese national identity across the Taiwan Strait requires not only economic modernization and integration, mutual cultural exchange and assimilation and reinterpretation of contemporary Chinese history and political relations between the two entities prior to China’s reunification, but also improvement of public governance and political engineering in the mainland. In other words, reconstruction of Chinese national identity is a long project involving all people on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait