According to Taiwanese media reports, 85-year-old former chairman of Taiwan Straits Foundation Jiang Bingkun passed away on the 10th.
According to Taiwan United News Network, the Kuomintang confirmed on the evening of the 10th that Jiang Bingkun had passed away. Jiang Bingkun was sent to the hospital for fainting due to aortic dissection on the 8th. He was transferred to the ICU after nearly 6 hours of surgery, but he did not survive the critical period of 72 hours. His family agreed to the extubation on the evening of this (10th).
Kuote said that when he heard Jiang Bingkun’s death, the whole party felt reluctant and mourned. His death was really surprising and reluctant. We obeyed silently and hoped that the deceased would rest in peace and the family would be mourning and follow the changes. "We will always miss him."
Previously, according to the "China Times Electronic News", former chairman of the Straits Foundation, Jiang Bingkun, suddenly fell into a coma while having dinner with his friends on the 3rd floor of Jinghua Hotel in Taipei City on the 8th. He was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment and was equipped with Ye Ke membrane for temporary maintenance of signs of life. Due to Jiang Bingkun's disease, emergency surgery was initiated due to aortic dissection, but the situation suddenly worsened today (10).
The pro-green media on the island said that Jiang Bingkun's friends and family members who visited on the 9th said that their condition was temporarily stable, but unfortunately, today the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. At 6:18 pm on the 10th, someone came out to inform former chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation that Jiang Bingkun was in poor condition and was extubated, but details were to be announced by the hospital.
The China Times said on the 9th that Jiang Bingkun, born in 1932, is about to celebrate his 86th birthday on the 16th of this month. He served as vice chairman of the Kuomintang, "Minister of the Economy" and "Vice President of the Legislative Yuan". Because he was familiar with mainland and cross-strait economic and trade affairs, he took over as chairman of the Straits Foundation in May 2008 and resigned in September 2012. Today's News Network said that during his tenure, Jiang Bingkun held eight "Chen Jiang meetings" with Chen Yunlin, former president of the Mainland Association for the Sea of China, and signed 18 agreements, including the Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) that concerns Taiwan's position in regional economic integration and important economic and livelihood matters such as mainland residents' travel to Taiwan. State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi once summarized Jiang Bingkun’s contribution to cross-strait relations using the 16 words "Icebreaker, Consultative Messenger, Economic and Trade Promoter, and Exchange Envoy".
State Foundation stated that former chairman of Jiang took office on May 26, 2008 and immediately went to Beijing in June to negotiate with the Mainland Association of Seashores. Chairman Jiang Qian has been in office for more than four years, and the Cross-Strait Two Sessions held 8 talks and signed 18 agreements. In terms of exchanges, the two sessions of the Taiwan Strait have formed 47 delegations for exchanges and visits, and received more than 1,000 delegations for visiting mainland and international visitors. As for services, the Straits Foundation assists more than 10,000 cases of personal safety and economic and trade disputes, more than 840,000 documents and verification, and more than 1 million legal and domestic consulting services.
Among them, from June 12 to 14, 2008, the Association for Distribution and the Straits Foundation resumed institutionalized consultations that had been interrupted for 9 years based on the "1992 Consensus ". Chen Yunlin, president of the Association for Discipline Inspection and Development, and Jiang Bingkun signed the " Minutes of Cross-Strait Bund Opportunity Talk " and "Two-Strait Agreement on Mainland Residents' Travel to Taiwan" in Beijing. The first wave of mainland tourists arrived in Taiwan on July 4, 2008.
From November 3 to 7, 2008, Chen Yunlin led a delegation to visit Taiwan. The second talks of leaders of the two sessions were held in Taipei, and the "Cross-Strait Air Transport Agreement", "Cross-Strait Maritime Agreement", "Cross-Strait Postal Agreement" and "Cross-Strait Food Safety Agreement". As a result, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have basically achieved direct "three connections" (postage, navigation, and trade).
From April 25 to 26, 2009, the third meeting of leaders of the two sessions was held in Nanjing, and the " Cross-Strait Air Transport Supplementary Agreement", "Cross-Strait Financial Cooperation Agreement", "Cross-Strait Joint Combat Crime and Judicial Mutual Assistance Agreement", and reached a consensus on principles on mainland enterprises' investment in Taiwan. The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have achieved comprehensive and direct "three links".
From June 29 to 30, 2010, the fifth meeting of leaders of the two sessions was held in Chongqing, and the "Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement" (ECFA) and the "Cross-Strait Intellectual Property Protection Cooperation Agreement".
Taiwanese businessmen familiar with Jiang Bingkun's itinerary said that Jiang attended the cross-strait entrepreneurs summit of Xiamen on the 4th, but left before the closing ceremony on the 5th. At that time, he said that there was still a tolerance the next day and he needed to rush back to Taiwan. The Taiwanese businessman believes that Jiang Bingkun has been traveling around the world, and it may be because he is too tired to cause his physical condition.Today's News Network said that Jiang Bingkun has visited the mainland more than 70 times and traveled to more than 200 cities. This 86-year-old veteran of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has been full of his itineraries in recent days. On the 6th, he flew to Chongqing to attend the 10th Chongqing Taiwan Week and visited Taiwanese-funded enterprises. "The itinerary for several days probably made him unable to withstand fatigue and become unconscious."
According to previous reports, statistics show that from taking office as chairman of the Straits Foundation on May 26, 2008 to resigning on September 27, 2012, Jiang Bingkun traveled 76 times between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, visited 248 cities in the mainland, received 650 mainland visiting groups, held 8 talks with Chen Yunlin, President of the Mainland Association for the Taiwan Straits, reached 18 agreements, and achieved the goal of cross-strait three links and comprehensively promoting cross-strait economic and trade cooperation. The "Chen Jianghui" has become another historical story of cross-strait economic integration and political thaw after the "Wang-Gu talks". (Overseas Network Yang Jia)
KMT confirmed that former chairman of the Straits Foundation, Jiang Bingkun, passed away
According to Taiwan's United Daily News on December 10, the Kuomintang confirmed in the evening that former chairman of the Straits Foundation, Jiang Bingkun, passed away today (10th), at the age of 86.
Jiang Bingkun
According to previous media reports, Jiang Bingkun suddenly fell into a coma and was sent to Mackay Hospital for emergency treatment at the Jinghua Hotel Restaurant in Zhongshan District, Taipei City on the evening of the 8th. This afternoon, Jiang Bingkun's condition worsened and his family agreed to extubate the tube.
Jiang Bingkun was born in Nantou County, Taiwan Province in 1932, and his ancestral home is Fujian. He is currently the president of the Taipei University Alumni Association. He served as Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang and Chairman of the Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation. During his tenure as chairman of the Straits Foundation, the leaders of the Two Sessions held eight talks and signed agreements including the "Cross-Strait Agreement on Mainland Residents' Tourism to Taiwan" and the "Cross-Strait Framework Agreement on Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation (ECFA).
After the Tsai Ing-wen administration took office in 2016, Jiang Bingkun, former chairman of the Taiwan Straits Foundation, once made it clear that the "1992 Consensus" is very important to both sides of the Taiwan Straits. The platform of the Straits Foundation and the Association for the Taiwan Straits is an iron bridge across the Taiwan Straits. The "1992 Consensus" is the piers of the iron bridge. "The piers are gone and the platforms are gone, which is today's dilemma."
In addition, Jiang Bingkun also created several "firsts" on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Among them, in March 2005, Jiang Bingkun, then Vice Chairman of the Kuomintang, led a visiting delegation to the mainland. This was the first time since 1949 that the Kuomintang officially formed a group to the mainland after 56 years. 【Global Network】
