At a news conference in preparation for his trip, Lien stated that he had no prearranged agenda for his meeting with Hu Jintao, but aimed purely to advance the welfare of the people of Taiwan, and that he would state his and the KMT's position of not pursuing Taiwanese independence and of rejecting military force, and the hope that cross-strait dialogue could be resumed.
在行前的中外媒體記者會上，連戰表示，此次「連胡會」沒有任何議題為前提，純粹以台灣人福祉作優先考量，也將表明「不獨、不武」立場，重啟兩岸協商。