President Chen Shui-bian first floated the idea of an Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) in May, on the eve of the first anniversary of his inauguration. He hoped to find a way out of the current economic and political impasse by bringing together industrialists, academics and representatives of political parties.
今年五月，陳水扁總統於就職週年前夕，提出了召開「經濟發展諮詢委員會」的構想，希望邀請國內各主要政黨及產官學界共聚一堂，研擬良策，以期為國內嚴峻的政經情勢困境解套。