What about comments that the speech was not concrete, having failed to discuss postal and transportation links with the mainland or "Taiwan-Hong Kong relations"? Chen says that in fact this was a smart move. A presidential inaugural address should be a statement of general principles; there is no need to speak about lower-level problems that will have to be faced in the future, and to tie one's own hands.
至於有人提出演說中未提「三通」、「台港關係」等政策，不夠具體，陳一新倒認為這是聰明的策略運用，總統就職演說的層次是大局和原則，不必為層級較低、日後必然要處理的問題發言，自限腳步。