BEIJING -- The Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation(SEF) chairman Chiang Pin-kun ended his four-day visit in the Chinese mainland and left Beijing for Taiwan at around 10:00 a.m. Saturday.
Chiang Pin-kun, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation(SEF), waves farewell before leaving Beijing for Taiwan, June 14, 2008. [Xinhua] |
Leaders from the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) went to see Chiang off.
During his visit, Chiang met with his counterpart ARATS chairman Chen Yunlin, marking the two organizations' first talks after a suspension of nine years.
During the meeting, the two sides signed a minute of talks on weekend chartered flights. Mainland tourists will be allowed to visit Taiwan in July, according to an agreement signed by ARATS and SEF.
Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met Chiang Friday afternoon, saying the resumption of talks signaled a good start of the improvement and development of mainland-Taiwan relations.
