In this Oct 24, 2005 photo, Yok Mu-ming, chairman of the Taiwan opposition New Party attends an academic seminar in Beijing. Yok will lead a delegation during a visit to the Chinese mainland from Dec 9 to Dec 16. (JASON LEE / POOL / AFP)

BEIJING – Yok Mu-ming, chairman of Taiwan's New Party, will lead a delegation to visit the Chinese mainland from Dec 9 to Dec 16, a mainland spokesperson said Thursday.

Yok will visit Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai, said An Fengshan, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.

The visit aims to promote peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and advance the process toward the peaceful reunification of China and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, said the spokesman.