Zheng Lizhong (R), executive vice president of the Chinese mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), is welcomed by Kao Koong-lian (C), vice chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), prior to the start of a preparatory consultation for the fifth round of talks between the ARATS and the SEF, in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, June 24, 2010. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
