To ensure everything would go smoothly, the mainland's approach was "first trial balloons, then assessment, then expansion of trial balloons, and then expanded assessment."
4 月中旬，大陸海協會 3 位副主委大陣仗抵台，為月底在南京展開的第三次「江陳會」進行預備性磋商，政府警戒維安，但一直到他們離台，都沒有出現上次陳雲林來台時的激情流血抗爭場面。