BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The 2018 annual conference of the summit for entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait will be held from Dec. 3 to 5 in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

Themed around new measures for industrial integration and sharing new business opportunities, the conference will include speeches and eight forums, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said at a regular press conference.

About 1,100 entrepreneurs, heads of industrial and business groups and medium-sized and small enterprises will participate in the conference.

The annual conference of the summit for entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait has been held for five consecutive years since 2013.

"As the most important cross-Strait people-to-people platform for communication and cooperation among enterprises, the conference has been propelling industrial and business connections between the two sides and contributing to industrial cooperation and the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations," Ma said.