Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- China’s deputy cross-Strait envoy Zheng Lizhong arrived in Taiwan yesterday and will meet today with Kao Kong-lian, Taiwan’s deputy representative to the mainland, the United Daily News reported on its Web site today, without saying where it got the information.

They are expected to confirm that talks on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement will commence by the end of the year, the newspaper reported, without citing sources of that information.

To contact the reporter on this story: Tim Culpan at tculpan1@bloomberg.net

Last Updated: November 2, 2009 18:35 EST