以促进海峡两岸交往，发展两岸关系，实现祖国和平统一为宗旨的民间团体，于1991年12月16日在北京成立，是“海峡两岸关系协会”的简称Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits

• 台湾海基会傍晚致函海协会，向大陆方面表达感谢之意。

  The Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation sent a letter to the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in the early evening, expressing their thanks to the Mainland Chinese side.

• 1992年11月，海协会与台湾海基会在香港举行会谈。

  In November 1992, the Taiwan Straits Exchange Foundation and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits held talks in Hong Kong.