Agreements expected to boost cross-Straits trade

By Tan Zongyang | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-10 08:06

Chiang Pin-kung (right), chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, presents a lacquer painting to Chen Yunlin, president of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, in Taipei on Thursday after they signed two agreements to boost investment and customs cooperation across the Straits. Fang Junzhe / for China Daily

The mainland and Taiwan signed two agreements on Thursday - on investment protection and promotion, and customs cooperation - that will further boost two-way capital and trade flows across the Straits, experts said.