Straits Exchange Foundation

Straits Exchange Foundation - SEF
Formation	21 November 1990
Headquarters	Taipei
Location	Republic of China
Official languages	Chinese
Chairman	Chiang Pin-kung
Website	www.sef.org.tw/mp1.html

The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF; simplified Chinese: 海峡交流基金会; traditional Chinese: 海峽交流基金會; pinyin: Hǎixiá Jiāoliú Jījīnhuì; often abbreviated 海基會 / 海基会) is a semi-official organization set up by the Republic of China (Taiwan) government to handle technical or business matters with the People's Republic of China. Though technically a private organization, it is funded by the government and controlled by the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan.

Its counterpart in the PRC is the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits.

List of chairmen

Name	Term
Koo Chen-fu	1990-2005
Chang Chun-hsiung	2005-2007
Hung Chi-chang	2007-2008
Chiang Pin-kung	2008-incumbent

See also

• Cross-strait relations
• Koo Chen-fu
• 1992 Consensus
• Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

External links

• SEF website (Chinese (Taiwan)) (Translate: Google, Babelfish)