Events started with a Central Government meeting presided over by President Chiang Ching-kuo, and attended by top-level government officials and civic leaders.
閱兵大典總指揮官蔣仲苓中將報告受閱人數與項目後，隨即進行地面分列式，開始閱兵。一萬二千多位年輕、精壯的三軍部隊、軍校學生、後備軍人隊伍和金馬自衛隊，以整齊堅定的步伐，昂揚抖擻的精神，在風雨中振步勇邁，依序通過閱兵台向大閱官蔣總統致敬。