The 1992 Consciousness is a term used to summarize the understanding and insights formed during the discussions between the Association for Cross-Strait Relations and the Straits Exchange Foundation on the "One China" issue and its connotation during the Hong Kong talks in 1992.

Its core content and spirit is that "both sides of the Taiwan Strait adhere to the one-China principle."

At the end of 1987, after more than 30 years of cross-strait isolation was broken, cross-strait personnel exchanges and economic, cultural and other exchanges developed accordingly, which also gave rise to various problems.

In order to solve these problems, Taiwan had to adjust its "Three Nos" policy of "no contact, no compromise, and no negotiation". On November 21, 1990, Taiwan established an officially authorized private intermediary agency to contact and negotiate with the mainland─

─The Straits Exchange Foundation comes forward to deal with cross-strait affairs that are "inconvenient and unable to come forward" by the official.

In order to facilitate contact and negotiation with the SEF, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council promoted the establishment of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations on December 16, 1991, and authorized the establishment of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations on December 16, 1991, and authorized the establishment of the one-China principle as the basis for exchanges and transactional discussions between the two sessions.

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From October 28 to 30, 1992, the two sessions discussed the issue of adhering to the one-China principle in cross-strait affairs (the use of notarial certificates) discussions in Hong Kong.

The ARATS's basic attitude is that specific issues in cross-Strait exchanges are China's internal affairs and should be resolved through consultation based on the one-China principle.

In transactional discussions, as long as the basic attitude of adhering to the one-China principle is expressed, the political meaning of one-China does not need to be discussed, and the way of expression can be fully negotiated.

In November 1992, the Mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait and Taiwan's Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation reached a verbal agreement on how to express their attitude of adhering to the one-China principle during the two sessions' business negotiations. "Both sides of the Taiwan Strait adhere to the one-China principle."

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During the negotiations in Hong Kong, the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits proposed five language expressions, and the Taiwan Strait Foundation also proposed five language expressions based on the conclusions of the "National Unification Council." Although the Taiwan side also agreed that the use of cross-strait notarial documents is China's internal matter, both parties

Both should adhere to the one-China principle and express their desire to seek national reunification. However, it is difficult for the two sessions to reach an agreement on the written plan.

At the end of the talks, representatives from the SEF added three more expressions and came up with their final expression: "While the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are working together to pursue national reunification, both sides insist on one

China's principle, but different understandings of the meaning of one China. However, in view of the increasingly frequent cross-strait people-to-people exchanges, in order to protect the rights and interests of people on both sides of the strait, document verification should be properly resolved. "It is also recommended to use respective oral statements."

Expressing the One-China Principle." Representatives from the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait said that this was the main outcome of this negotiation, and that they would make a formal reply after reporting the SEF's suggestions and specific expressions.

The term "1992 *** consciousness" was a new term officially proposed by Su Qi, the head of the mainland affairs department of the front office at the end of April 2000.

But it's not made up out of thin air.

In 1992, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait did reach a consensus.

But its birth is of great historical significance, because it is the first political compromise reached by the two sides after numerous armed conflicts and ideological struggles since 1949; and the issues it targets are the most difficult issues between the two sides.

"One China" issue.