File photo taken on Dec 15, 2008 shows Zhang Gaoli (3rd R, front), Lien Chan (3rd L, front), Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang, Zheng Wantong (2nd R, front), Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Li Shenglin (2nd L, front), Minister of Transport, Wang Yi (1st R, front), director of both the Taiwan Work Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, and Chen Yunlin (1st L, front), Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), attend the ceremony marking the start of direct sea transport between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, in North China's Tianjin Municipality.[Photo/Xinhua]