More than seven years after the founding of the SEF, Koo Chen-fu was delegated by the ROC government to lead an SEF group on a visit to mainland China; this was Koo's first visit to the mainland in his capacity as SEF chairman. The five-day visit ended on October 19th.
海基會成立七年多來，董事長辜振甫首次得到政府授權、率領至大陸訪問的參訪團，已於十月十九日結束五天的參訪行程返回國門。