In his address to the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce at the end of July, President Chen Shui-bian revived the "go south" policy of earlier years with the aim of encouraging Taiwan to go its own way. Close on the heels of his talk, Vice President Annette Lu made an unpubli-cized visit to Indonesia in quest of greater economic and trade cooperation.
七月底，陳水扁總統在亞洲台商大會上宣告重啟「南向政策」，希望台灣能勇敢走出自己的路；緊接著，呂秀蓮副總統低調訪問印尼，尋求經貿合作。