The association was officially established in 1982 in the Chungshan Building of Yangmingshan, Taipei. At the time of its creation 1600 people were present. Among the people there were government officials, religious leaders, educators, entrepreneurs and political refugees from mainland China. The reason for its creation was to centralize pro-unification sentiment and movements of overseas Chinese, scholars, and students into a single body.[3]
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