Taiwan chief negotiator Chiang Pin-kung meets Shanghai mayor Han Zheng

Source: Xinhua | 04-29-2009 08:16

SHANGHAI, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), arrived in Shanghai Tuesday afternoon after a four-day visit in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, and met here with Shanghai mayor Han Zheng.

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng (R) meets with Taiwan-based Straits  Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung in  Shanghai, east China, April 28, 2009. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

During the meeting, Han Zheng said the three agreements on opening regular flights, boosting financial and judiciary cooperation signed between Chiang and mainland's chief negotiator Chen Yunlin, and the consensus on allowing mainland companies to invest in Taiwan, were a major push to the development of cross-Strait ties.

According to Han, Shanghai enjoyed close exchanges with the global economies, and was actively taking measures to recover from the global financial crisis.

Though still facing many obstacles, the city's economic operation in the first quarter this year was better than previously expected, especially in the service industry, Han said.