We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.

I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

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.

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

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