China has said Taiwan has no right to become a member of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), reiterating that the island's participation in international organisations must follow the one-China principle.

Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, made the remarks at a regular press conference on Wednesday in response to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities' call for international support for Taiwan's inclusion in Interpol.

She said Taiwan, as part of China, could not independently seek membership of the international police cooperation body.

"The participation of the Taiwan region in activities of international organizations must be in accordance with the one-China principle. This has been our consistent and clear position," Zhu said.

Interpol, which facilitates international police cooperation in combating crime, has 196 member countries, each with a National Central Bureau.

Zhu said China and Interpol had already made appropriate arrangements for Taiwan to participate in cooperation and activities under the organisation's framework.

Police authorities in Taiwan have direct channels for sharing information and cooperating on cases with Interpol National Central Bureaus in all member countries, she added.

She accused the DPP authorities of using political manipulation to mislead people in Taiwan over the island's participation in international organisations, warning that attempts to pursue "Taiwan independence" through provocations would fail.

Zhu also reiterated Beijing's position that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, saying the issue originated from the civil war between the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Kuomintang about eight decades ago.

After the defeated Kuomintang forces retreated to Taiwan in 1949, the People's Republic of China was established under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

She said the unresolved civil war and foreign interference had kept the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in prolonged political confrontation, but had not changed the fact that Taiwan is part of China.