Han Zheng (4th L), a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, meets with negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan in Shanghai, east China, June 21, 2013. The negotiators signed a service trade agreement on Friday that is expected to further strengthen economic ties across the Taiwan Strait. The agreement was inked by the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), which are respectively authorized by the mainland and Taiwan to handle cross-Strait affairs. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
