On the matter of cross-strait relations, Ma has proposed that talks be resumed as soon as possible on the basis of the disputed 1992 consensus that stated that there is only one China but each side defines that "China" differently. He has issued as his operating principles for peaceful negotiation the "New Three Noes": no unification, no independence, and no military action.
在兩岸政治關係上，馬英九主張在「一個中國，各自表述」的「92 共識」基礎上，儘快恢復兩岸談判，並以「不統、不獨、不武」的「新三不」作為兩岸和平協議的基準。