President Chen opened his National Day address by greeting listeners in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and Aboriginal languages. Then, taking the winning of Olympic gold by Taiwanese athletes as a starting point, he recalled Taiwan's long hard road to development and the current tough challenges it faces in global society.
陳水扁總統國慶演說的開場，以國、台、客及原住民等四種語言向大家問好，首先以今年台灣終於拿下奧運金牌，緬懷過去的艱辛發展，及國際舞台上的嚴酷考驗。