Straits Exchange Foundation
Taiwan's semi-official organization for dialog with China / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF; Chinese: 海峽交流基金會; pinyin: Hǎixiá Jiāoliú Jījīnhuì; often abbreviated as 海基會) is a semiofficial organization set up by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to handle technical and/or business matters with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Though technically a private organization, it is funded by the government and under the supervision of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan. Its role is effectively to function as the de facto embassy to the PRC, as a means of avoiding acknowledgement of the PRC's statehood status.
Formation | 21 November 1990 (first meeting) 9 March 1991 (start operation)[1] |
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Headquarters | Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan |
Chairperson | David Lee |
Vice Chairman and Secretary-General | Ko Cheng-heng |
Website | Official website (in Chinese) |
Its counterpart in the PRC is the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS).