Hsu believes that great efforts were made to restructure the party during his and Shih Ming-te's terms as party chairman. Among their reforms were the party's decision to "reform the system from inside" and a reinterpretation of the DPP's outline for Taiwan independence. There was, however, much opposition to these changes.
他認為，他與施明德在黨主席任內，努力推動民進黨轉型，諸如決定出選舉路線、重新詮釋台獨綱領等，但是過程中也面臨極大的反對力量。