The coming to power of the new government was the first peaceful transfer of power in ROC history. Taking an even longer view, this was the first peaceful transfer of power since the founding of the Chinese polity thousands of years ago. The psychological import of this should not be underestimated.
上台剛滿半年的新政府，是半世紀以來政黨第一次輪替執政，也是中華民國成立以來的首次和平「變天」，再把時間縱軸拉長來看，這可以說是中華民族自上古時代堯舜「禪讓政治」以來，數千年來第一次的和平政權移轉，在心理層面而言，震撼不可小覷。