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Ma Ying-jeou is a Taiwanese lawyer and politician who served as president of the Republic of China, commonly called Taiwan, from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang, he pursued closer cross-strait relations, including expanded economic and civic exchanges with mainland China. In November 2015, he met Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Singapore, the first meeting at that level between leaders from the two sides since 1949.
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When was Ma Ying-jeou president of Taiwan?
Ma Ying-jeou served as president of the Republic of China, commonly called Taiwan, from 20 May 2008 to 20 May 2016. He was a member of the Kuomintang, or KMT. [Office of the President](https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/88)
What was Ma Ying-jeou's approach to cross-strait relations?
He promoted closer economic and civic exchanges with mainland China while describing his policy as maintaining the status quo. His administration used the 1992 Consensus and the formula of no unification, no independence, and no use of force. [Office of the President](https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/88)
Which major economic agreement was signed during Ma Ying-jeou's presidency?
Taiwan and mainland China signed the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement, or ECFA, in 2010. Taiwan also signed a bilateral investment arrangement with Japan in 2011. [Office of the President](https://english.president.gov.tw/Page/88)
What was notable about Ma Ying-jeou's 2015 meeting with Xi Jinping?
Ma met Xi Jinping in Singapore in November 2015. It was the first face-to-face meeting between leaders from Taiwan and mainland China since the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. [National Committee on U.S.-China Relations](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVFEUXw1ggY)
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