Separately, during his report to the Legislative Yuan on the Academia Sinica's budget, Lee reiterated: "If the whole population could arrive at a consensus on 'one China,' then President Chen would have no grounds for not accepting that consensus." Lee added that he hoped the Advisory Group would shortly come to a firm conclusion on the "one China" issue.
在立法院報告中研院預算時，李遠哲再度重申，「全民若達成一中共識，陳水扁總統沒有理由、也沒有本錢不接受」；他希望跨黨派小組能在近期就「一個中國」做出具體結論。