The mainland's delegation to the sixth cross-Strait talk, led by the ARATS president Chen Yunlin, left here Monday morning for Taipei. (Photo: ChinaTaiwan)

BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- The mainland's delegation to the sixth cross-Strait talk, led by the ARATS president Chen Yunlin, left here Monday morning for Taipei.

The mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) are scheduled to hold talks Tuesday morning in Taipei, during which the two sides will sign a medical and health cooperation agreement, and further discuss investment protection.

The talks will be the sixth round since the two organizations, authorized by the mainland and Taiwan to handle cross-Strait affairs, resumed negotiations in June 2008 after an 11-year suspension.

Wang Yi, the mainland's Taiwan affairs chief, said here on Monday that the cross-Strait talk should assist broad exchanges and cooperation between the sides.