In his keynote address, Lee stressed that the meeting carried special significance because its timing had been decided by the late party Chairman Chiang Ching-kuo.
國民黨是全民的政黨本次會期共七天，除第一天開幕在林口中正體育館之外，其餘會期皆在陽明山中山樓舉行。開幕儀式之後，李代主席致詞指出：「此時舉行全國代表大會，具有特殊重大的意義。