Lin Join-sane (; born 17 December 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the chairman of the

Straits Exchange Foundation The Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF; ; often abbreviated as 海基會) is a semiofficial organization set up by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to handle civil and business matters with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Th ...

from 27 September 2012 until 20 May 2016.

KMT Secretary-General

Lin served as the

Secretary-General of the Kuomintang The secretary-general of the Kuomintang is the chief of staff of the Kuomintang, nominated by the chairperson and confirmed by the Central Committee. The position was created in 1926 and is currently held on by Justin Huang, who assumed the post i ...

from February to September 2012.

Yu Chang Biologics Co. Case

In August 2012, commenting on the Yu Chang Biologics Co. case regarding former

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

Chairperson

Tsai Ing-wen Tsai Ing-wen (; pinyin: ''Cài Yīngwén''; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician and legal scholar who served as the seventh president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party ...

's illicit transaction related to the funding of the company and that Tsai fought back by filing criminal charges towards

Vice President A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

Wu Den-yih, Lin responded by saying that officials involved in the case had clarified themselves and said that KMT respected the prosecutor's decision not to indict Tsai. Lin called on her not to divert public attention and should take moral responsibility.

SEF chairmanship

First mainland China visit

In mid of October 2012, Lin visited

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

for the very first time. While in the mainland, he met with Wang Yi (director of

Taiwan Affairs Office The Taiwan Affairs Office is an administrative agency under the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC). It is responsible for cross-strait relations and sets and implements guidelines and policies related to Taiwan, which is cl ...

), Chen Yunlin (president of

ARATS The Arats ( — labourer, folk) are a social ethnic community of Mongolian herdsmen. They reside in Mongolia and China. The Arats' main activity is cattle herding. Before the Revolution of 1921, the Arats composed 92.5% of Mongolia's population a ...

) and also Taiwanese business people based in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

and

Tianjin Tianjin is a direct-administered municipality in North China, northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the National Central City, nine national central cities, with a total population of 13,866,009 inhabitants at the time of the ...

. During this visit, he has agreed with the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) counterparts to open reciprocal representative offices on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, although no time table has been put in place. Besides Beijing, Lin also visited Wudang Mountains in

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

and

Kunshan Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou. Name Th ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

Kaohsiung Huoshan Bridge reopening

In end of October 2012, Lin witnessed the reopening ceremony of the previously damaged Huoshan Bridge in

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung, officially Kaohsiung City, is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiung City has a population of approximately 2.73 million p ...

due to the Typhoon Morakot in August 2009. Lin was accompanied by Vice President of ARATS Zheng Lizong, Taiwan Mazu Fellowship honorary chairman Yen Chin-piao, Morakot Post-Disaster Reconstruction Council chief executive Chern Jenn-chuan and Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Liu Shih-fang. The bridge was rebuilt with the help by donors from funds raised by ARATS and Taiwan Affairs Office.

New PRC passport

After the issuance of new version of PRC passport in May 2012 which features Taiwan's iconic landmark of

Sun Moon Lake Sun Moon Lake ( zh, t=, p=Rìyuè tán, poj= ; Thao language, Thao: ''Zintun'') is a lake in Yuchi, Nantou, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao people, o ...

and Chingshui Cliff, Lin said that he had told ARATS President that Taiwan has taken a firm stance on the matter. ARATS responded by expressing their understanding and promised to handle the matter seriously, Lin added. The passport is actually not the official passport and the changes were only made based on style consideration without any motive behind it.

March 2013 mainland China visit

In March 2013, Lin visited the Chinese mainland provinces of

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

and Hubei. He met with Xu Shousheng,

Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

of Hunan. Lin hoped that

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

and Hunan can develop a competitive and cooperative relationship. In Hunan, Lin also met with Taiwanese businessmen doing business there. He conducted inspections in

Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

Zhuzhou Zhuzhou ( zh, c=株洲, p=Zhūzhōu, ), formerly Jianning (建宁), is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is ...

and Yueyang. He said that Hunan has attracted investment from more than 2,000 Taiwan-funded enterprises, with six industrial parks and one farmer's innovation park have been established in

Xiangtan Xiangtan ( zh, s=湘潭) is a prefecture-level city in east-central Hunan province, south-central China. The hometowns of several founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, including Chairman Mao Zedong, President Liu Shaoqi, and Marshal P ...

Hengyang Hengyang (; ) is the second largest city of Hunan Province, China. It straddles the Xiang River about south of the provincial capital of Changsha. As of the 2020 Chinese census, Its total population was 6,645,243 inhabitants, of whom 1,290,71 ...

Chenzhou Chenzhou () is a prefecture-level city located in the south of Hunan province, China, bordering the provinces of Jiangxi to the east and Guangdong to the south. Its administrative area covers , 9.2% of the provincial area, and its total populatio ...

and Yueyang. He also attended the inauguration ceremony of the Taiwan Businessmen Association of Yueyang.

Chinese mainland investment

In mid April 2013, Lin made a remark during an opening ceremony of a

Xiamen Xiamen,), also known as Amoy ( ; from the Zhangzhou Hokkien pronunciation, zh, c=, s=, t=, p=, poj=Ē͘-mûi, historically romanized as Amoy, is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Stra ...

subsidiary company in Taiwan saying that Taiwan welcomes investors from mainland China to invest in Taiwan because Taiwan has a good environment for investment. Lin also said that he looks forward for the ECFA signing of service trade pact since it will benefit the service industry of both sides across the

Taiwan Strait The Taiwan Strait is a strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide. Names Former names of the Tai ...

Chen Yunlin visit to Taiwan

In early May 2013, former President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) Chen Yunlin made a private visit to Taiwan after his term in ARATS has finished. In Taiwan, he met and had a talk with Lin.

2013 cross-strait service trade agreement

In end of June 2013, Lin led a delegation from Taiwan to visit Shanghai for the

Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement The Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement, commonly abbreviated CSSTA and sometimes alternatively translated Cross-Strait Agreement on Trade in Services, is a treaty between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan) th ...

signing. The Taiwanese delegation includes Kao Koong-lian, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of

, Chang Hsien-yao, Deputy Minister of

Mainland Affairs Council The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) is a cabinet-level administrative agency under the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The MAC is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of the cross-strait relations p ...

and

Cho Shih-chao Cho Shih-chao or Bill Cho (; born 25 October 1951) is a Taiwanese politician, who has been the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of the Republic of China since October 2014. Education Cho earned a Master of Business Administration ...

, Vice Minister of Economic Affairs. Lin was greeted by

Chen Deming Chen Deming (; born 1949) is a Chinese former politician and President of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits of the People's Republic of China. Early life Chen was born in Shanghai in 1949. He went on to receive a Bachelor's De ...

, the new President of ARATS. The cross-strait service trade agreement was signed on 21 June 2013 which consists of four chapters and twenty four articles. Under the agreement, 64 Taiwanese industries will be opened to Chinese Mainland investments, ranging from

transportation Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...

tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

and

traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...

sectors. Meanwhile, 80 Chinese Mainland industries will be opened to Taiwanese investments, ranging from

finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

retail Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholes ...

electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

publishing Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribu ...

and

travel Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical Location (geography), locations. Travel can be done by Pedestrian, foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without Baggage, luggage, a ...

sectors.

September 2013 mainland China visit

In mid September 2013, Lin led a delegation from Taiwan for a visit to mainland China. In the mainland, Lin met with

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Yu Zhengsheng. The two sides had a discussion on the right directions both sides must follow to develop the cross-strait relations and jointly promote that the two sides are family. They also agreed to further follow up the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and begin negotiation about cultural and educational cooperation.

April 2014 mainland China visit

In mid April 2014, Lin visited

Yunnan Yunnan; is an inland Provinces of China, province in Southwestern China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 47.2 million (as of 2020). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the Chinese provinces ...

and

Shandong Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...

provinces in mainland China to meet with Taiwanese businessmen doing business in those provinces.

May 2014 mainland China visit

In end of May 2014, Lin visited Jiangsu city of

Nantong Nantong is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province, China. Located on the northern bank of the Yangtze River, near the river mouth. Nantong is a vital river port bordering Yancheng to the north; Taizhou to the west; Suzhou, Wux ...

for a summit on Taiwanese companies' industrial transformation and improvements with Chen Deming, head of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. He said that cross-strait relations are in the best shape in six decades and that the two sides must improve their cooperation in service sector. He added that both governments must provide support for the service industries to help them during the transformation phase. Chen gave a remark that the Taiwanese students should support the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement because it could provide many job opportunities for them and that Taiwan could gain momentum for economic growth.

References

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