Since the Taiwan Province authorities opened Taiwan Province residents to visit relatives in the mainland on June 2nd, 1987, 165438+, people-to-people exchanges between the two sides of the strait have become increasingly frequent, which is of intrinsic positive significance to enhancing mutual understanding between the people on both sides of the strait. However, due to extensive contacts, many problems have arisen, such as maritime crimes, smuggling, document inspection, property inheritance, marriage relations, economic and trade disputes and so on. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems arising from non-governmental exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, and taking into account the cross-strait situation, the Executive Yuan is assisting the people to set up the Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation (SEF) to assist the Taiwan Province authorities in handling mainland-related affairs. 1990165438+1October 2 1 Convene the SEF donors' meeting, hold the first joint meeting of directors and supervisors, and adopt the Articles of Association on Donation and Organization of the Straits Exchange Foundation; 1991February 8, with the permission of the mainland Committee of the executive yuan, the consortium legal person was registered in the Taipei district court on the same day and officially delivered to the outside world on March 9; On April 9th, 199 1 signed an entrustment contract with the "Mainland Committee of the Executive Yuan" to handle cross-strait consultation and dialogue, document verification, people visiting relatives, business trip dispute mediation and other related businesses involving public power.

According to the articles of association, SEF currently has 1 secretary-general, 2 deputy secretaries-general and 1 secretary-general, and has six offices, including cultural service office, economic and trade service office, legal service office, travel agency office, comprehensive service office, secretariat and personnel accounting office. In addition, in line with the policies of the Taiwan authorities, SEF serves the people in the nearby central and southern regions, with a central service office and a southern service office.