The cross-strait policy may be divided into two phases: thestrategic phase characterized by a long-ranged and integral selectionof directions, and the tactical phase by a localized and practicallystepwise planning. The direction of the new government's cross-strait policy should be an "open strategy with primary concernfor Taiwan's best interest", distinguishable with a clear subjectivityand complete openness. The specific implementation of the strategicphase requires formulation of a plan based on actual situations.The challenges now facing the new government, including the so-called "One China" as opposed to the Taiwan's interest as subjectivityand the so-called "security consciousness" as opposed to theopenness,are by all means normal in a democratic country. However,as the pressure of reunification and dissociation now imposedupon Taiwan by hegemonic Communist China, the new governmentshould make an effort to establish consensus among people onnational status and national identity. Furthermore, an effectivemechanism should be structured to consolidate internal unity against the external threat to prevent the political clout of oppositiongroups from conspiring with an alien power in "initiating" thecross-strait policy, which vitally concerns the security of the nation.