In the first session, Koo Chen-fu emphasized that the division of the two sides under separate regimes, neither of which was subordinate to the other, had persisted for nearly 50 years. "A divided China" is a historical fact, and even more a contemporary political reality.
雙方甫會面，辜振甫即首先強調，兩岸對等分治、互不隸屬已近五十年，「一個分治的中國」是歷史事實，更是政治現實。