Chen Yunlin (L), president of the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), signs an agreement with Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang during a cross-Straits meeting signing ceremony at the Grand Hotel in Taipei November 4, 2008. Top officials from Taiwan and the mainland signed deals on daily direct flights, new cargo routes and food safety on Tuesday during Beijing's highest-level visit to the island in decades. [Agencies]