Chen Yunlin (center), a senior official of the Committee for Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese, meet Gao Zhansheng (right), China's consul general in San Francisco, and leaders of the Chinese expatriate community in San Francisco on July 17. He said an investment protection pact will be discussed at the upcoming eighth dialogue between Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Straits Exchange Foundation. CHEN JIA/CHINA DAILY