The Pingtan Communications Investment Group of Fujian province was approved for a credit line of 330 million yuan or $50 million with Taiwan's Taishin International Bank.
Pingtan State Asset Investment Group, Fujian province will get a loan worth 500 million yuan from Taiwan's Chang Hwa Bank and Pingtan branch of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
Taiwan's education department increased the quota of mainland students who want to study in a two-year program to achieve a bachelor's degree on Monday.
Pingtan, Fujian province plans to establish three centers, featuring trade, Internet finance and logistics to better promote its cross-Strait e-commerce trade.
The government is encouraging Fujian province and Taiwan to strengthen exchanges further, after tourists from the island gained permission to drive their own cars when visiting the province, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.
