Zheng Lizhong (R), standing vice president of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), shakes hands with Kao Kung-lian, vice chairman and secretary-general of Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) at a preparatory discussion in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, Dec. 10, 2009. The preparatory discussion was held to decide the schedule for an upcoming cross-strait talks.(Xinhua/Zhang Guojun)
