Setting up trade offices on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will facilitate business exchanges between the two sides, Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman Chiang Pin-kung said during a Tuesday dinner meeting with visiting Guangdong Governor Huang huahua. Chiang said that trade organizations such as the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association and the Taipei-based Chinese National Federation of Industries will be able to set up offices across the strait under the recently signed economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA). The new policy will benefit Taiwanese businessmen with operations in China, Chiang said. He noted that many Taiwanese investors in China's service industry are faced with difficulties resulting from a lack of legal protection. With the signing of the ECFA, however, the investment environment in China will attract more businessmen from Taiwan, he continued. Following a 'trade first, politics later' principle, cross-strait exchanges in the fields of education, medical science and culture are bound to have a positive impact on the people of both sides, he added. In response to Chiang's statement, Huang said he will push for more cooperation between Guangdong and Taiwan in trade, as well as in the agriculture and the service sectors. Huang is visiting Taiwan at the head of a 1,000-strong delegation of buyers from his province. 