Chronologies
China - Taiwan
Chronology from Apr 2009 to Jul 2009
: Taipei formally publishes regulations related to mainland investment.
: Taipei rules duties on footwear imports from China.
: Taipei rules duties on footwear imports from China.
: Taipei rules duties on footwear imports from China.
: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu opens central Taiwan trade fair in Beijing.
: Three SEF-ARATS agreements signed in April formally come into effect.
: Financial Supervisory Commission Chair Sean Chen acknowledges delays in financial MOUs.
: Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ma Xiaotian asks U.S. to stop arms sales.
: TAO minister Wang Yi meets Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
: President Ma proposes Taiwan and mainland co-edit dictionary of traditional and simplified characters.
: MAC-sponsored ECFA symposium is held in Chiayi: Chairperson Lai says negotiation may start this year with agreement next year.
: DPP launches signature campaign for referendum on ECFA.
: Ma Ying-jeou announces his candidacy for Kuomintang (KMT) chairmanship.
: TAO Deputy Zheng Lizhong visits Taipei; KMT and CCP announce the Fifth Forum to be held in Changsha July 11-12.
: The Legislative Yuan adopts amendments easing work, residency, and citizenship for mainland spouses.
: Delegation of mainland legal officials visits Taiwan for consultations on judicial agreement.
: Taiwan Foreign Minister Francisco Ou says focus will remain on specialized agencies not on general UN membership.
: Hong Kong Secretary Lam Sui-lung visits Taiwan.
: Taipei announces sectors to be open to mainland investment.
: President Ma transits Seattle.
: Taipei press reports National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi visited Washington DC during the week of May 25.
: A large mainland procurement mission arrives in Taiwan.
: President Ma attends President Francisco Flores’s inauguration in El Salvador.
: Xinhua reports retired military officers from Taipei and Beijing had a golf tournament in Xiamen May 26-29.
: President Ma transits Los Angeles.
: Hu Jintao receives KMT Chair Wu Poh-hsiung in Beijing; Xinhua reports extensively on Hu’s remarks
: President Ma expresses hope ECFA will be signed by the end of the year.
: Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) announces its participation in Shanghai World Expo.
: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu visits China and meets Beijing Mayor Gao.
: President Ma says the future of Taiwan should be decided by the next generation.
: Minister of Health Yen Chiang-chuan attends WHA as observer.
: DPP holds rallies in Taipei and Kaohsiung to protest Ma policies.
: Strait Forum is held in Fujian May 15-22.
: President Ma signs two UN Human Rights Covenants.
: Beijing’s Supreme People’s Court publishes regulations on enforcing Taiwan civil judgments.
: Liberty Times criticizes President Ma for sacrificing sovereignty.
: President Ma’s holds an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times.
: PRC MOFA expresses discontent over Saito’s remarks.
: DPP Chairperson Tsai Yng-wen visits Washington DC for consultations.
: Japan Interchange Association Representative Saito says Taiwan’s status is still unresolved; Taipei Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) summons Saito to lodge a protest.
: Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) issues a statement on Chinese Taipei at the WHA.
: Taipei issues regulations on PRC Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDII) investment in the Taiwan stock market.
: President Ma announces that “Chinese Taipei” has been invited to the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer.
: China Mobile signs an agreement to invest in Taiwan’s EasTone Telcom.
: President Ma says the 1952 Japan Peace Treaty implies transfer of sovereignty to the Republic of China.
: Beijing publishes regulations for PRC firms investing in Taiwan.
: Third ARATS-SEF Meeting is held; three agreements are signed and consensus is reached on Mainland investment in Taiwan
: Deputy Minister of National Defense Minister Chang Liang-jen tells the Legislative Yuan that Taipei will seek consensus with US before requesting F-16s.
: Premier Wen meets former Control Yuan President Fred Chien at Boao Forum.
: ARATS Deputy Zheng Lizhong arrives in Taipei for preparatory meeting.
: Taichung mayor Jason Hu vists Hong Kong for the Hong Kong-Taiwan Forum.
: Incident near Pratas Reef between U.S. Navy vessel carrying Taiwan scientists and PLA Navy ship.
: President Ma makes a public address commemorating the Taiwan Relations Act.
: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Secretary General Kao Koong-lian visits Shanghai for consultations.
: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) releases “policy explanation” of Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA).
: Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Deputy Chairman An Min leads 7-member delegation to Taiwan.