Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region.

Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.

It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

The results of the two referenda demonstrate the majority view of the Taiwanese people.