As for how negotiations should be conducted, the Formosa faction has in the past advocated a relatively active position of beginning negotiations on opening direct commercial, transport, and communications links with the PRC. However, before the debate, they adjusted their position to one of a "comprehensive negotiating strategy."
至於如何談，美麗島系原本主張較為積極的「三通談判」，但在辯論前已調整為「全方位談判策略」。