He pointed out that Chen's formula is similar to his own idea, expressed while he was an office, of a "special state-to-state relationship" between Taiwan and mainland China. He said that Taiwan is a sovereign and independent country, and that its relations with mainland China are in fact country-to-country. Taiwan does not belong to any other country, and only in this way can Taiwan survive and develop.
他指出，之前他所提出的「特殊國與國」和「一邊一國」的理念相同，台灣本來就是主權獨立的國家，與大陸為國與國的關係，台灣並不屬於任何的國家，如此台灣才能生存發展。