On the day after his inauguration, during a visit to Kinmen, Chen pointed out that under the precondition of ensuring national security, the new government would, based on the laws of the market and the principle of reciprocal and proportional benefit, reexamine the three links.
他也在就職隔天巡視金門時表示，在國家安全可以確保的前提下，新政府將依照市場法則，秉承互惠和比例原則，檢討「三通」政策。