In order to resolve the controversy over the relative importance of "national security" and "economic development," when I was minister of economic affairs I raised a new idea: "The internationalization of Taiwan's economic position is the best guarantee of national security." We have to depart from the previous conservative, defensive viewpoint of security, and instead adopt a viewpoint of actively strengthening our structural position.
為了解決「國家安全」和「經濟發展」孰輕孰重的爭議，我在經濟部長任內提出了「台灣經濟地位國際化，就是國家安全的最佳保障」的新思維，要從過去保守的防衛安全觀，調整為積極強化體質的主動安全觀。