Mainland´s Taiwan affairs chief meets SEF chairman

Source: Xinhua | 04-27-2009 08:23

NANJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, a senior official in charge of Taiwan affairs in the Chinese mainland, met with Chiang Pin-Kung and his negotiating delegation from the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) here Sunday afternoon.

Wang Yi (R), director of the Taiwan Work Office of the  Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, meets  with Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu  Province, April 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

Wang said the three agreements and one consensus reached during this round of talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the SEF indicate new progress of cross-Strait talks and "new achievement" in cross-Strait relations.

During the talks here Sunday, the ARATS and the SEF signed three agreements on launching regular flights and boosting cooperation in finance and handling criminal proceedings.

They also reached a consensus on allowing mainland companies to invest in Taiwan.

"The goal of economic normalization between the two sides is being realized," said Wang, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office.