Beijing: China has rapped Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's latest 'Taiwan independence' bid in his New Year address, vowing never to allow separation of the island from the mainland in 'any name or by any way.'

As the Chinese compatriots across the Taiwan Strait celebrated the New Year and anticipated peaceful and stable development of cross-Strait relations, Chen once again moved against the momentum and preached his secessionist ideas of 'Taiwan independence', a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of China's State Council said in response to Chen's New Year address.

Chen intended to unreasonably restrict cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation, worsen the atmosphere of cross-Strait relations, ruin the peaceful and stable development of cross-Strait ties, and tear Taiwan society to pieces while creating conflicts, the spokesman said.

"Chen has no faith at all and spares no effort to make disturbances. We will wait and see how long he will move on the road of Taiwan independence," he said.

He pointed out that peace and stability should always be the main theme of cross-Strait relations and a common goal which the compatriots from the mainland and Taiwan are struggling together to achieve.

He said the mainland has long been engaged in improving cross-Strait relationship and will never cease doing so.

"In the meantime, we will be highly vigilant to any secessionist moves and never allow secessionists to separate Taiwan from the motherland in any name or by any way," the official said.