Chairman Koo Chen-fu of the Straits Exchange Foundation (hereinafter referred to as SEF) and Chairman Wang Daohan of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (hereinafter referred to as ARATS), representing SEF and ARATS respectively, held talks in Singapore form April 27 to April 29 of this year. These talks were non-official, economic, administrative, and functional. SEF Vice-Chairman Cheyne Chiu, ARATS Standing Vice-Chairman Tang Shubei, and Concurrently Secretary-General Zou Zhekai joined in the talks. The two parties reached the following agreements:
1. Agenda of Discussions for This Year
The two parties will definitely hold, by the end of this year, administrative[non- political and functional] discussions on the following topics: repatriation of people who enter the area of the other side in violation of relevant regulations [illegal migrants] and related questions; questions concerning joint efforts to suppress the criminal activities of marine smuggling and robbery; handling of marine fishing disputes between the two sides; protection of intellectual property of the two sides; and mutual assistance between the judicial organs of the two sides (contact and assistance between relevant courts of the two sides).
2. Economic Exchanges
Both parties concur in the necessity of strengthening economic exchanges between the two sides for their mutual benefit. Both parties agree to select times and places to continue discussions on the issue of protecting Taiwan business investment in the mainland and related questions, as well as mutual visits of people from industrial and commercial circles.
3. Exploitation and Exchange [Cooperation] in Energy and Resources
Both parties agree to hold discussions on strengthening cooperation in the exploitation of energy and resources.
4. Culture, Education, Science, and Technology Exchanges
Both parties agree to actively promote mutual visits and exchanges of young people, the press, and science and technology exchanges between the two sides. The two parties will, by the end of this year, sponsor a young people’s talent and art competition and exchange and help realize an exchange between young people and mutual visits of news media executives and senior reporters. Both parties shall promote mutual visits of science and technology personnel, exchange science technology personnel, exchange science technology publications, study the unification of terminology in science and the standardization of product specifications, and jointly promote the exchange of technology in computers and other industries. Related matters will be discussed further.
5. Signing and Entry Into Force
This joint agreement enters into force thirty days from the date of signing by both parties.
Four copies of this joint agreement were signed on the twenty-ninth day of April, and the two parties will each hold two copies.
(Signed)
Koo Chen-fu, Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation
Wang Daohan, Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits
[Added by handwriting:]
The 29th day of the fourth month of the eighty-second year of the Republic of China [April 29, 1993]