China Television (Taiwan): Given that Taiwan advocates a gradual exchange process between the two sides across the Taiwan Straits, can you optimistically predict the restoration of negotiations this spring or summer?

• 台湾中华电视台记者：您在江泽民主席推进两岸关系八项主张发表三周年座谈会上曾谈到，海基会和海协会应该扩大交往、接触。这种交往、接触是否要以两岸政治谈判的程序性安排为前提，再延伸到经济和事务性议题?在台湾方面主张两岸交往要循序渐进的情况下，您是否乐观地预期今