The Straits Exchange Foundation is a semiofficial organization set up by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to handle technical and/or business matters with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Though technically a private organization,it is funded by the government and under the supervision of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan. Its role is effectively to function as the de facto embassy to the PRC,as a means of avoiding acknowledgement of the PRC's statehood status.
The Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits is an organization set up by the People's Republic of China for handling technical and business matters with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
The 1992 Consensus is a political term referring to the alleged outcome of a meeting in 1992 between the semiofficial representatives of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-led People's Republic of China (PRC) of mainland China,and the Kuomintang (KMT)-led Republic of China (ROC) of Taiwan. They are often credited as creating a diplomatic basis for semi-official cross-strait exchanges which began in the early 1990s and is a precondition set by the PRC for engaging in cross-strait dialogue.
Chen Deming is a former the President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits of the People's Republic of China.
Wang Daohan,was a Chinese politician who was president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) from 1991 to 2005.
Cross-Strait relations are the relations between China and Taiwan.
Chen Yunlin was the chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS),the body responsible for negotiations with Taiwan in the People's Republic of China in 2008–2013.
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) is a free trade agreement (FTA) between the governments of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China,that aims to reduce tariffs and commercial barriers between the two sides,as well as improve cross-strait relations.
Cross-Strait Economic,Trade and Culture Forum,commonly known as the Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party Forum,was originally proposed by the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party,jointly organized in order to promote cross-strait economic,trade,cultural exchanges dialogue and integration.
The Second Chen–Chiang summit was part of a series of the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings. It was the first major meeting between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) leaders in Taiwan. The meeting lasted from November 3 to 7,2008 in Taipei,Taiwan.
The Fourth Chen–Chiang summit was part of a series of the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings held at Taichung,Taiwan. It was a meeting between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF).
The First Chen–Chiang summit was the first of a series of what would later become the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings. The meeting was held between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang Pin-kung. This meeting followed the 1993 Wang-Koo summit.
The Wang–Koo summit,alternatively the Koo–Wang talks,was an attempt at a cross-strait meeting that took place in 1993 with some follow up meetings up to 1998 between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) chairman Wang Daohan and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Koo Chen-fu.
The Fifth Chen–Chiang summit (第五次陳江會談) was part of a series of the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings between China and Taiwan. It was held between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang Pin-kung.
The Sixth Chen–Chiang summit is the 6th part of the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings. It is held between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang Pin-kung.
The Seventh Chen–Chiang summit (第七次陳江會談) is part of a series of the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings. It is held between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang Pin-kung.
Zhang Zhijun is a Chinese diplomat and politician. From 17 March 2013 to 21 March 2018,he has served as the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. He is currently the president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits since April 2018.
Lin Join-sane is a Taiwanese politician. He was the chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from 27 September 2012 until 20 May 2016.
Wang Yu-chi is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of the Executive Yuan since 28 September 2012 until 16 February 2015,when he resigned over the dropping of espionage charges brought against Chang Hsien-yao. Wang is the first ROC ministerial-level government official to visit Mainland China after the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
Chang Hsien-yao or Vincent Chang is a Taiwanese politician. He was the Special Deputy Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan in September 2013 until August 2014 and concurrently as the Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in February 2014 until August 2014.
