Chinese mainland, Taiwan sign historic agreement(1)

2008-06-13 10:07:29 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Chen Yunlin (R), chairman of Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), and Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), shake hands after signing the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights and mainland tourists' traveling to Taiwan, in Beijing, China, June 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

BEIJING, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mainland and Taiwan signed the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights and mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan around 9 a.m. Friday.

The Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation on Thursday convened their first talks in nine years to discuss the weekend charted flights and mainland tourists traveling to Taiwan.


Chen Yunlin, chairman of Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), and Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) sign the agreements on cross-Strait weekend charted flights and mainland tourists' traveling to Taiwan, in Beijing, China, June 13, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

Related:
﹣Mainland, Taiwan organizations to exchange representative offices
﹣Mainland, Taiwan organizations hold talks after 9 years suspension
﹣Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation chairman departs for talks with mainland counterpart