The Cross-Strait CEO Summit (CSCS; ) is the cross-strait summit between

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and

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on business enterprises collaboration between the two sides. The annual event is being held alternately between

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and

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History

The summit was initiated after the signing of

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between both sides on 29 June 2010 in

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Summits

2013

The 2013 summit was held in

. The summit resulted in the creation of seven task forces for cross-strait collaboration in biotechnology, healthcare, culture, creative, energy, petrochemical and home appliances, small and medium enterprises and emerging business sectors.

2014

The 2014 summit was held in

on 15–16 December in

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. The summit was attended by 800 business executives, experts, scholars and government officials. There were 31 agreements and memorandum of understandings signed in total, including the establishments of Taiwan product center in

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2015

The 2015 summit was held in Nanjing on 3–4 November. The summit was attended by 850 academia, business and industry executives. There were 34 agreements and memorandum of understandings signed in total, including cooperation in biotechnology, culture, finance,

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, medical, natural gas, petrochemical and telecommunication fields.

2017

The 2017 summit was held in Nanjing on 6–7 November with the theme of ''New Situation, New Business Opportunities and New Mindset''. Mainland China was represented by

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Yu Zhengsheng. The summit was attended by 700 business leaders from both sides. There were 29 agreements and memorandum of understandings signed in total.

2018

The 2018 summit was held in

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Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...

on 3–5 December. The summit was attended by 1,100 entrepreneurs, industrial and business group of people. There was a US$1.5 billion deal signed in total.

2019

The 2019 summit is currently held in Nanjing on 4–5 November with the theme of ''Strengthening Integration Development, Building Mutual Markets''. Taiwan was represented by

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and Mainland China was represented by Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Yang.

References

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