Another of his major contributions was democratic reforms. In 1987, martial law was abolished in Taiwan, various bans were lifted, and Taiwanese were for the first time allowed to visit relatives in Mainland China. These new policies firmly set the path toward fundamental democratic reform; what followed was a praiseworthy "peaceful revolution."
其他經國先生對民主改革的貢獻：像是民國七十六年解嚴，開放報禁，開放大陸探親等決策，基本上奠定了民主改革的基調，乃有後來廣受推崇的「寧靜革命」。