In 1987, President Chiang Ching-kuo lifted martial law in Taiwan, but not in Kinmen or Matsu. Resentment at their disadvantaged status grew, and a movement to demand the lifting of martial law in Kinmen and Matsu was born.
到了民國七十六年蔣經國總統宣佈台灣解嚴，而金馬地區卻繼續戒嚴之後，不平的情緒更為加遽，金門人開始有了要求戰地解嚴的反對運動。