Lien Chan (L), honorary chairman of Taiwan's Nationalist Party, shakes hands with Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Consultative Conference, at the cross-strait agricultural cooperation forum in Boao, in south China's Hainan province, October 17, 2006. The Chinese mainland and Taiwan opened a forum Tuesday to boost agricultural cooperation and promote peace and development across the Taiwan strait, Xinhua News Agency reported. [newsphoto]

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