All three have proposed ideas to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait: Lien Chan has proposed a "Taiwan Strait zone of peace," James Soong has advocated the signing of a peace treaty with the mainland, and Chen Shui-bian has announced that if elected he will not declare Taiwan independent nor seek to have the "two states formula" inserted in the constitution.
連戰的「台海和平區」，宋楚瑜的「簽署和平協議」，以及陳水扁「不會台獨也不會將兩國論入憲」的宣告，都意在維持台海和平。