Chen Yunlin (R, front), president of Chinese mainland Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), shakes hands with Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Taiwan-based Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF), during the welcome ceremony held by the SEF in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Dec. 20, 2010. Chen and his delegation arrived here Monday for the six round of cross-Strait talks. (Xinhua/Song Lidong)

TAIPEI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- A delegation headed by the Chinese mainland' s chief negotiator on cross-Strait affairs Chen Yunlin arrived here Monday for a new round of talks with Taiwan, at which the two sides are expected to reach a medical and health cooperation agreement.

The talks between Chen, president of the mainland' s Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), and Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of Taiwan' s Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), is scheduled for Tuesday at Taipei' s Grand Hotel.

The two sides will hold a preparatory meeting Monday afternoon.

It will be the sixth round of talks between the two leaders since the two organizations, authorized to handle cross-Strait issues by the mainland and Taiwan, resumed negotiations in June 2008 after a nine-year suspension.