Overall, in terms of cross-strait relations, Chen sees Lee's inaugural address as being a moderate and not especially innovative speech, but it certainly did express a considerably friendly attitude and reopened the door to discussions. However, people should not expect any sudden breakthrough in cross-strait relations, because Taiwan and the PRC are in a "cold peace" situation, and there is no need to rush things.
總括而言，陳一新認為李總統就職演說就兩岸關係而言，其實是一篇四平八穩並不特具開創性的言論，但確實表達了相當的善意，重啟溝通之門。只是大家不能期盼兩岸間有任何突破性的進展，因為基本上中共和台灣是處在一個「冷和」的局面，沒有必要躁進。