The Democratic Progressive Party has always been seen as favoring Taiwan independence and as lacking a coherent policy to deal with the PRC. On February 13, the DPP began a three-day conference on mainland policy. The conference was conducted in the manner of an open debate, and attracted considerable attention from other political parties in Taiwan as well as from the international community.
向來被視為主張台獨，在大陸政策方面付之闕如的民主進步黨，二月十三日起一連舉行三天的中國政策研討會，以公開辯論的方式進行，吸引了朝野政黨和國際矚目。