President Lee Teng-hui, through such measures as direct election of the president and freezing of the provincial government, has gone even farther, attempting to transform Taiwan from its previous status as "a province of China" or "local government" to "the state of Taiwan."
李登輝繼任後，更進一步藉總統直選、凍省，把台灣從「中國的一省」向上提昇，「地方台灣」蛻化，「國家台灣」成型。