(Clearwisdom.net) Washington DC's annual Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference is being held in July 20, 2003. It is estimated that over five thousand practitioners from over 60 countries will gather for a series of activities from July 19 to 22. More than one thousand representatives of Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan will attend the activities.

The number of Falun Gong practitioners in Taiwan is over 300,000	Falun Gong practitioners celebrate World Falun Dafa Day on May 13, 2003 in Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese Associations in Washington DC arranged a special dinner in a restaurant to welcome the arrival of Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan.

It was learned that the number of Falun Gong practitioners in Taiwan has increased tremendously. The Taiwan Falun Dafa Association said that there were Falun Gong practice sites throughout Taiwan and the number of practitioners now exceeds 300,000. Many people from Taiwan felt along the lines of, "Since the Chinese Government persecutes Falun Gong, we were curious and hoped to learn why. After reading Zhuan Falun, we found it is a very special book."