Mainland, Taiwan negotiators sign landmark economic pact

• Source: Xinhua
• [16:20 June 29 2010]
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Chen Yunlin (R front), president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), attends the signing ceremony of the long-awaited Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), with Chiang Pin-kung (L front), chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, June 29, 2010. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese mainland and Taiwan negotiators signed the long-awaited Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) here Tuesday, a move hailed as a milestone in cross-Strait relations.

The ECFA was inked at the talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), which handle cross-Strait issues on behalf of their respective authorities.