In order to resolve the issue of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan,the Chinese and the U.S. governments negotiated and reached an agreement on 17 August 1982. A communique bearing the same date became the third joint communique governing Sino-U.S. relations.

• 为解决美国售台武器问题，中美两国政府通过谈判，于一九八二年八月十七日达成协议，发表了有关中美关系的第三个联合公报，简称“八·一七公报”。