Taiwan, China seal three agreements on cross-strait cooperation

Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung and his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), exchanged the agreement documents and raised a toast after the signing.

The agreements marked the completion of the fourth round of cross-strait talks that resumed after President Ma Ying-jeou took office in May 2008 and immediately began working to improve relations with China.

Tuesday's signing ceremony was witnessed by SEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Kao Koon-liang, and other Taiwanese representatives including Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Vice Chairman and SEF Vice Chairman Liu Te-shun, Council of Agriculture Deputy Minister Hu Sing-hwa, MAC Chief Secretary and SEF Deputy Secretary-General Chang Shu-ti, and SEF Deputy Secretary-General Maa Shaw-chang.

The ARATS representatives included its Vice Executive President Zheng Lizhong, Vice President Li Bingcai, Secretary-General Li Yafei, Vice Secretary-General Ma Xiaoguang, and Vice Secretary-General Zhang Shenglin.

The SEF and ARATS are quasi-official organizations designated by the governments of Taiwan and China, respectively, to handle cross-strait communications in the absence of official contact between the two sides.

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