On August 8, the Typhoon Morakot hit southeast coastal area of Chinese Mainland and Taiwan islands heavily and left 6 people dead and 3 missing on Chinese Mainland and 141 people dead and 440 missing on Taiwan islands. It has caused 408.19 million U.S. dollars of loss in Taiwan.

Hu Jintao, secretary general of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said on August 18 that the mainland shared "the same feeling" with Taiwan compatriots and expressed deep sorrow and condolences for the typhoon victims. So far the Chinese mainland has donated about 26 million U.S. dollars and 4 million US dollars of disaster relief materials including 10,000 sleeping bags, 10,000 blankets and 1,000 sterilizers, to Typhoon Morakot-stricken Taiwan. The Chinese mainland is on standby to send a civilian helicopter and medical team to Taiwan to aid typhoon relief efforts. Now, aid from the Chinese mainland and the international society are still pouring in Taiwan.

On August 20, Minister of Commerce in China Chen Deming said when meeting a Taiwan islands delegation led by politician Kao Chin Su-mei that the ministry would lead mainland entrepreneurs to visit the island's areas inhabited by ethnic minorities to purchase local products. Chinese mainland authorities have promised ethnic minority groups in Taiwan preferential assistance in trade, tourism and other sectors to promote the island's economic and social development after the devastating Typhoon Morakot.

The Chinese Government expressed gratitude to the international community for typhoon disaster relief aid.