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April 1, 2009: Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao meet at the G20 summit in London. April 6, 2009: Association for Relations across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Deputy Chairman An Min leads 7-member delegation to Taiwan. April 7, 2009: Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) releases “policy explanation” of Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). April 8, 2009: Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Secretary General Kao Koong-lian visits Shanghai for consultations. April 12, 2009: President Ma makes a public address commemorating the Taiwan Relations Act. April 13, 2009: Taichung mayor Jason Hu vists Hong Kong for the Hong Kong-Taiwan Forum. China-Taiwan Relations 82 July 2009 April 13, 2009: Incident near Pratas Reef between U.S. Navy vessel carrying Taiwan scientists and PLA Navy ship. April 17, 2009: ARATS Deputy Zheng Lizhong arrives in Taipei for preparatory meeting. April 18, 2009: Premier Wen meets former Control Yuan President Fred Chien at Boao Forum. April 24, 2099: Deputy Minister of National Defense Minister Chang Liang-jen tells the Legislative Yuan that Taipei will seek consensus with US before requesting F-16s. April 26, 2009: Third ARATS-SEF Meeting is held; three agreements are signed and consensus is reached on Mainland investment in Taiwan April 28, 2009: President Ma says the 1952 Japan Peace Treaty implies transfer of sovereignty to the Republic of China. April 28, 2009: Beijing publishes regulations for PRC firms investing in Taiwan. April 29, 2009: President Ma announces that “Chinese Taipei” has been invited to the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer. April 29, 2009: China Mobile signs an agreement to invest in Taiwan’s EasTone Telcom. April 30, 2009: Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) issues a statement on Chinese Taipei at the WHA. April 30, 2009: Taipei issues regulations on PRC Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors (QDII) investment in the Taiwan stock market. May 1, 2009: Japan Interchange Association Representative Saito says Taiwan’s status is still unresolved; Taipei Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) summons Saito to lodge a protest. May 5, 2009: PRC MOFA expresses discontent over Saito’s remarks. May 5, 2009: DPP Chairperson Tsai Yng-wen visits Washington DC for consultations. May 8, 2009: President Ma’s holds an interview with Singapore’s Straits Times. May 13, 2009: Beijing’s Supreme People’s Court publishes regulations on enforcing Taiwan civil judgments. May 13, 2009: Liberty Times criticizes President Ma for sacrificing sovereignty. May 14, 2009: President Ma signs two UN Human Rights Covenants. May 15, 2009: Strait Forum is held in Fujian May 15-22. China-Taiwan Relations 83 July 2009 May 17, 2009: DPP holds rallies in Taipei and Kaohsiung to protest Ma policies. May 18, 2009: Minister of Health Yen Chiang-chuan attends WHA as observer. May 20, 2009: President Ma says the future of Taiwan should be decided by the next generation. May 21, 2009: Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu visits China and meets Beijing Mayor Gao. May 22, 2009: Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) announces its participation in Shanghai World Expo. May 24, 2009: President Ma expresses hope ECFA will be signed by the end of the year. May 26, 2009: Hu Jintao receives KMT Chair Wu Poh-hsiung in Beijing; Xinhua reports extensively on Hu’s remarks May 27, 2009: President Ma transits Los Angeles. May 31, 2009: President Ma attends President Francisco Flores’s inauguration in El Salvador. May 31, 2009: Xinhua reports retired military officers from Taipei and Beijing had a golf tournament in Xiamen May 26-29. June 1, 2009: Taipei press reports National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi visited Washington DC during the week of May 25. June 1, 2009: A large mainland procurement mission arrives in Taiwan. June 2, 2009: President Ma transits Seattle. June 4, 2009: Taipei announces sectors to be open to mainland investment. June 5, 2009: Hong Kong Secretary Lam Sui-lung visits Taiwan. June 6, 2009: Taiwan Foreign Minister Francisco Ou says focus will remain on specialized agencies not on general UN membership. June 8, 2009: Delegation of mainland legal officials visits Taiwan for consultations on judicial agreement. June 9, 2009: The Legislative Yuan adopts amendments easing work, residency, and citizenship for mainland spouses. June 10, 2009: Ma Ying-jeou announces his candidacy for Kuomintang (KMT) chairmanship. China-Taiwan Relations 84 July 2009 June 10, 2009: TAO Deputy Zheng Lizhong visits Taipei; KMT and CCP announce the Fifth Forum to be held in Changsha July 11-12. June 14, 2009: DPP launches signature campaign for referendum on ECFA. June 18, 2009: MAC-sponsored ECFA symposium is held in Chiayi: Chairperson Lai says negotiation may start this year with agreement next year. June 19, 2009: President Ma proposes Taiwan and mainland co-edit dictionary of traditional and simplified characters. June 24, 2009: Deputy Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ma Xiaotian asks U.S. to stop arms sales. June 24, 2009: TAO minister Wang Yi meets Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. June 25, 2009: Three SEF-ARATS agreements signed in April formally come into effect. June 25, 2009: Financial Supervisory Commission Chair Sean Chen acknowledges delays in financial MOUs. June 27, 2009: Taichung Mayor Jason Hu opens central Taiwan trade fair in Beijing. June 30, 2009: Taipei formally publishes regulations related to mainland investment.