Editing Lien Chan (section)

===2013 visit to Beijing===
In February 2013, Lien visited Beijing to meet with [[Xi Jinping]], the newly elected [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]].

Lien also met with [[Yu Zhengsheng]] (chairman-designate of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]), [[Wang Huning]] (member of the [[Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party|Politburo of the CCP]]), [[Li Zhanshu]] (chief of the [[General Office of the Chinese Communist Party|General Office of the CCP]]), [[Dai Bingguo]] ([[State Councilor|state councilor of the PRC]]), [[Wang Yi (politician)|Wang Yi]] (director of the [[Taiwan Affairs Office|Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council]]), [[Chen Yunlin]] and [[Zheng Lizhong]] (president and vice president of [[Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits|ARATS]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/02/26/371350/China-head.htm |title=China head pledges continued peaceful cross-strait relations |newspaper=[[The China Post]] |date=2013-02-26 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=September 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918223954/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/02/26/371350/China-head.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lien and his wife [[Lien Fang Yu]] also visited [[Beijing Aerospace Command and Control Center]] and met with [[Liu Wang]], [[Liu Yang (astronaut)|Liu Yang]] and [[Jing Haipeng]], astronauts of the [[Shenzhou 9]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16262141.htm |title=Lien Chan hails mainland aerospace achievements &#124;Politics |publisher=Chinadaily.com.cn |date=2013-02-27 |access-date=2014-05-28 |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304144809/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16262141.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>