Lin Join-sane (L), chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), greets Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), at the Grand Hotel in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Feb. 27, 2014. It was the 10th round talks between ARATS and SEF since they resumed talks in 2008. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaoyong)

Chief negotiators from the Chinese mainland and Taiwan on Thursday morning began the 10th round of cross-Strait talks, centering on two agreements on cooperation in meteorological and seismic monitoring.

Chen Deming, president of the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), and Lin Join-sane, chairman of Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), delivered speeches at the meeting.

Chen said the mainland and Taiwan, both prone to meteorological disasters and earthquakes, should establish a close cooperation mechanism.

"To our delight, the two sides' meteorological and seismic authorities, having taken into mind the people's well-being and the safety of lives and property, have reached consensus on the contents of the agreement with great efficiency," he said.

The agreements aim to build a communication channel for the two sides to exchange information in a timely manner to improve monitoring and protect people's lives when disasters hit, according to Chen.