First Chen–Chiang summit
The First Chen–Chiang summit (Chinese: 第一次陳江會談; pinyin: Dì Yī Cì Chén Jiāng Huìtán) was the first of a series of what would later become the Chen-Chiang summit of cross-strait meetings. The meeting was held between the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) represented by Chen Yun-lin and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) represented by Chiang Pin-kung. This meeting followed the 1993 Wang-Koo summit.[1]
Meeting
The summit was a quick meeting that took place on June 13, 2008 in Beijing. Two agreements were signed. The first agreement was signed for weekend cross-strait chartered flights. The second agreement was signed for mainland tourists' travel to Taiwan island.[2] The documents were signed in simplified Chinese characters and traditional Chinese characters and then exchanged.
Both claimed this atmosphere was very different compared to the 1993 Wang-Koo summit, when both were signing for China status.[1] The wife of Chen and the wife of Chiang also entered the summit holding each other's hands and the atmosphere appeared happy.[1]
