274期两岸经贸大事纪

9/2        海基会林中森董事长率董监事参访团赴陆参访

海基会林中森董事长于9月2日至5日率董监事赴浙江宁波、舟山及杭州进行4天参访，期间出席「杭州台商协会16周年庆」，并参访台资企业、与台商座谈，除倾听台商心声，同时广宣两岸服务贸易协议相关内容，并鼓励台商回台投资，并在会见浙江省委书记夏宝龙及各地官员时反映台商意见，协助台商解决问题。

9/2        2014年APEC第11届能源部长会议于北京举行    

经济部长杜紫军率团出席在北京举行的亚太经济合作会议（APEC）第11届能源部长会议，与会各方发表「北京宣言」并达成4大共识，包括：继续强化2001年APEC各经济体领导人签署的能源安全倡议（ESI）；重申未来亚太地区的液化天然气（LNG）市场在全球和地区燃料结构中的重要性，并同意消除任何可能延缓再生能源技术进步和产业发展的贸易保护和限制措施；重申「到2035年将亚太地区总能源强度比2005年降低45%」的目标；承诺到2030年APEC地区的再生能源及发电量在能源结构中的比例，较2010年多一倍的目标，并支持安全高效发展核电，倡导在确保核安全、防扩散等基础上，加强交流与合作。

9/2        大陆国台办主任张志军率团访美

大陆国台办主任张志军2日率团访问美国华府，除与美国国务院副国务卿伯恩斯及熟悉美国与两岸关系的学者专家会面外，并前往纽约及洛杉矶会晤当地侨界人士。这是张志军接任国台办主任后首次访美，备受关注。

9/3        第四届「两岸产业合作论坛」在台中召开

第四届「两岸产业合作论坛」在台中召开，本次论坛主题为「厚植共同利益，促进协调发展」，分别由我方召集人经济部常务次长沈荣津及陆方召集人发改委副主委胡祖才进行演讲。论坛总结报告中，陆方建议两岸可以总结产业合作面临的问题，透过区域合作，进行试验性制度对接与合作模式的创新突破。我方则综整两岸产业合作阶段性的发展成果，强调ECFA两岸产业合作工作小组成立的7个产业分组未来将持续就质检通关、试点、强化技术合作及标准对接等议题推动相关工作。

9/4        政院核定捐助美金100万元协助大陆云南赈灾

大陆云南省昭通市日前发生强震，造成人员严重伤亡，我政府基于人道关怀，行政院已核定，参照前例，由政府捐助美金100万元，并透过海基会转交大陆海协会，协助当地震灾重建。 据大陆官方统计，云南省昭通市在本年8月3日，发生规模6.5级强震（地震深度12公里），造成108万人受灾、617人死亡、112人失踪、3143人受伤，房屋倒塌8万余间。

9/9        海基会举办「2014大陆台商秋节座谈联谊活动」

海基会于9月9日在台中举办「2014大陆台商秋节座谈联谊活动」，各地台商协会会长及代表、政府相关部会官员、全国工、商总代表、民间团体等逾400人与会。本次活动安排参访中部科学工业园区；于台商座谈时，由经济部、陆委会、教育部等相关单位进行专题简报，并分别邀请台企联郭山辉总会长等8位台商代表就台商投资现况、面临问题提出建言。马英九总统、吴敦义副总统及江宜桦院长先后莅临晚宴，致词勉励台商。

9/17     陆委会副主任委员施惠芬兼任海基会副董事长兼秘书长

海基会举行第8届董监事第1次临时联席会议，就陆委会副主委施惠芬兼任海基会副董事长、秘书长案，提请董监事会同意任命。另由于外交部常务次长史亚平、教育部前次长黄碧端的业务调整或职务异动，分别改由外交部政务次长高振群、教育部政务次长林思伶担任海基会董事。

9/18     施惠芬首度率司法考察团赴陆参访

海基会副董事长兼秘书长施惠芬率海基会司法考察参访团赴大陆，展开两岸共同打击犯罪及司法互助协议从2009年生效后第5次的参访行程。施惠芬副董事长表示，两岸共同打击犯罪及司法互助协议，双方已有工作小组相互沟通，此次参访系进行例行整合性的沟通，并共同订定明年双方的工作重点。出访团员包括陆委会、海基会、司法院、法务部国际与两岸法律司、海巡署、移民署、调查局、刑事警察局等单位人员，期间拜访大陆司法部、公安部、最高人民法院、最高人民检察院等。

9/19     林董事长会见湖南省长杜家毫

湖南省省长杜家毫9月17日来台进行6天参访，期间安排与台湾中小企业座谈，并实地考察基层社区，也借由湖南卫视举办「芒果握手会」，与台湾影视界进行创新互动。林中森董事长19日会见杜家毫省长表达欢迎之意，并强调台湾为人民自由各抒己见的多元社会，不希望服贸协议的审议过程，影响两岸正常的交往合作与后续议题协商，同时也感谢湖南长期以来对当地2千多家台资企业的支持。

9/23     林中森董事长率媒体高层赴陆参访

海基会林中森董事长于9月23日至28日率媒体高层参访团赴大陆进行6天参访，除访问贵州当地电视台、台资企业外，并出席「海峡两岸交流基地─贵阳孔学堂」揭牌仪式，也安排与贵州台商座谈，倾听心声。期间另前往四川绵阳出席「绵阳台商协会9周年庆」，广宣政府大陆政策及签署各项协议的效益，并鼓励台商回台投资。

Chronicle of Cross-strait Economic and Trade Events

October, 2014  No. 274

9/2        SEF Chairman Lin Join-sane leads delegation of directors and supervisors to mainland China

SEF Chairman Lin Join-sane led a delegation of SEF directors and supervisors to Ningbo, Zhoushan and Hangzhou from September 2 to 5. During the  four-day itinerary, the group attended the 16th anniversary of the Hangzhou Taiwan Business Association, visited Taiwanese-funded enterprises, and participated in Taiwan business forums to listen to the hopes of Taiwanese businesspeople, publicize the Cross-Strait Trade in Services Agreement, and encourage mainland-based Taiwanese enterprises to invest back in Taiwan. The group also reflected the views of Taiwanese businesspeople during meetings with Secretary of CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee Xia Baolong and other officials to help resolve problems confronted by Taiwanese companies. 

9/2        2014 APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting held in Beijing

Minister of Economic Affairs Woody Duh led a delegation to attend Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 11th Energy Ministerial Meeting held in Beijing. The participants issued the "Beijing Declaration" and reached four major consensuses, including: continuing to strengthen the Energy Security Initiative (ESI) signed by APEC economy leaders in 2001; reiterating the importance of the future Asia-Pacific market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the global and regional fuel structure, and agreeing to eliminate any potential delays to the progress of renewable energy technology and trade protection and restrictive measures facing industrial development; reiterating that by 2035 the total energy intensity ratio for the Asia-Pacific region would be reduced by 45% from the 2005 level; and pledging by 2030 to double the ratio of renewable energy and generating capacity in the APEC region's energy structure, compared to the 2010 level, as well as supporting safe and efficient development of nuclear power and strengthening exchanges and cooperation on the basis of  ensuring nuclear safety and nonproliferation. 

9/2        Taiwan Affairs Office Director Zhang Zhijun leads a delegation to the United States

Director of the mainland's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Zhang Zhijun led a delegation to visit Washington, DC on September 2. The delegation met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and scholars and experts familiar with U.S. and cross-strait relations. The group also met with overseas Chinese in New York and Los Angeles. The closely watched visit was Zhang Zhijun's first trip to the U.S. since becoming director of the TAO. 

9/3        Fourth Cross-Strait Industrial Cooperation Forum held in Taichung

The Fourth Cross-Strait Industrial Cooperation Forum was held in Taichung under the theme, "Building Common Interests, Promoting Coordinated Development." Taiwan convener Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin and mainland convener National Development and Reform Commission Vice Chairman Hu Zucai presented speeches at the event. In the forum summary report, the mainland proposed that the two sides could summarize issues facing industrial cooperation and, through regional cooperation, form experimental system links and make innovative breakthroughs in modes of cooperation. The Taiwan side presented an overview of the phased results of cross-strait industrial cooperation, emphasizing that the seven industry subgroups established under the ECFA Cross-strait Industrial Cooperation Working Group will continue to promote work related to quarantine,inspection and customs clearance, trial points, strengthening technical cooperation and docking standards. 

9/4        Executive Yuan approves US$1 million donation to support Yunnan disaster relief

The Executive Yuan approved a US$1 million humanitarian donation following a devastating earthquake in the mainland city of Zhaotong, Yunnan Province. The funds were transferred by the SEF to ARATS to support reconstruction work. According to official statistics from the mainland, Zhaotong experienced a 6.5-magnitude earthquake (with a seismic depth of 12 kilometers) on August 3 this year. The quake affected 1.08 million people, left 617 people dead, 112 missing, and 3,143 injured, and destroyed over 80,000 houses. 

9/9        SEF holds 2014 Mid-Autumn Festival gathering of Taiwan businesspeople in the mainland

The SEF held the 2014 Mid-Autumn Festival gathering of Taiwan businesspeople in the mainland on September 9 in Taichung. The event was joined by more than 400 people, including presidents and representatives of Taiwan Business Associations, government officials, and representatives of national industrial and commercial associations and private organizations. The program included a visit to the Central Taiwan Science Park, as well as a Taiwan business forum, where officials of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Mainland Affairs Council, Ministry of Education and other agencies presented briefings on various topics. Chairman Samuel Kuo of the Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland and eight Taiwanese business representatives offered suggestions on Taiwan's investment situation and problems. President Ma Ying-jeou, Vice President Wu Den-yih and Premier Jiang Yi-huah attended the dinner banquet and presented speeches encouraging the Taiwanese business community. 

9/17     MAC Deputy Minister Shih Hui-fen appointed as SEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General

The SEF held the first interim joint meeting of the 8th board of directors and supervisors. Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Shih Hui-fen was appointed by the board of directors to serve concurrently as SEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Vanessa Shih and former Vice Minister of Education Huang Pi-twan resigned as SEF directors due to duty adjustments or position changes. They were replaced by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrew J.C. Kao and Political Deputy Minister of Education Lucia S. Lin. 

9/18     Shih Hui-fen leads first judicial mission to the mainland

SEF Vice Chairman and Secretary-General Shih Hui-fen led a SEF judicial mission to the mainland. This was the fifth such mission to be sent by the SEF since the Agreement on Joint Cross-Strait Crime-Fighting and Mutual Judicial Assistance took effect in 2009. Vice Chairman Shih said that both sides have been communicating through working groups on issues related to the agreement. The purpose of the latest visit was  routine integrated communication and to jointly set the work focus of the two sides next year. The mission members included personnel from the Mainland Affairs Council, SEF, Judicial Yuan, Department of International and Cross-Strait Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Justice, Coast Guard Administration, National Immigration Agency, Investigation Bureau, Criminal Investigation Bureau and other units. The group visited the mainland's Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Public Security, Supreme People's Court, and Supreme People's Procuratorate during the visit. 

9/19     Chairman Lin meet Governor of Hunan Province Du Jiahao

Governor of Hunan Province Du Jiahao arrived in Taiwan on September 17 for a six-day visit. The itinerary included participation in a small and medium enterprise forum and field trips to grassroots communities. Hunan Television also held a "Mango Handshake Meeting" to promote innovative interaction with Taiwan's film and television industry. Chairman Lin Join-sane met Governor Du Jiahao on September 19. In addition to welcoming the governor, Chairman Lin emphasized that Taiwan is a pluralistic society where people are free to express their views. He expressed hope that the review process for the Trade in Services Agreement would not affect the normal cross-strait exchanges and cooperation and negotiations on follow-up issues. He also thanked Hunan for its long-term support of of the more than 2,000 Taiwanese-funded enterprises in the province. 

9/23     Chairman Lin Join-sane leads high-level media mission to visit mainland China

SEF Chairman Lin Join-sane led a high-level media mission to visit the mainland from September 23 to 28. The six-day itinerary included visits to a local television station and Taiwanese-funded enterprises in Guizhou. The group also attended the opening ceremony for the Hall of Confucius Studies in Guiyang, as well as arranged a forum to listen to the hopes of the Taiwan business community in Guizhou. The mission went to Mianyang, Sichuan to attend the ninth anniversary of the Mianyang Taiwan Business Association. The mission also publicized the government's mainland policy and benefits of the agreements signed, as well as encouraged mainland-based Taiwanese enterprises to invest back in Taiwan.