On May 20, 1990 Lee Teng-hui was inaugurated as the 8th-term president of the Republic of China and immediately directed senior presidential advisor Chiu Chuang-huan to form a 228 Task Force to draft a report with policy recommendations for government consideration.
當年 5 月 20 日，李登輝正式就任中華民國第 8 任總統，旋即指示總統府資政邱創煥組成「228 事件專案小組」撰寫報告，以提出對策建議，供政府參考。