On this day, 39 years ago, October 8, 1986 (September 5, 1986, the lunar calendar), Taiwan lifted the "martial law" that had been in force for 37 years. On October 8, 1986, Chiang Ching-kuo stated that the Kuomintang authorities would soon propose to lift the "martial law" that had been in force in Taiwan for 37 years. Taiwan's Information Bureau confirmed that Chiang Ching-kuo made the above remarks during interviews with the chairman of the Washington Post and two editors of the Washington Post and Newsweek. The Kuomintang authorities fled from the mainland to Taiwan in 1949 and declared "martial law" in the Taiwan area, keeping the area under military control. The people have no freedom to form, assemble, petition, or march, and are not allowed to form new parties or create new newspapers. The military can ban speeches, news, magazines, slogans and other publications that it deems "unhelpful to the military", and military courts can try so-called "bandits and spies","rebellion", etc. The Taiwan authorities 'words of "martial law" have since restricted the people's freedom and democratic rights to life and been able to suppress people's resistance. For example, in the "Kaohsiung Incident" that occurred in 1979, the Taiwan authorities not only sent troops to suppress the rally, but also brought non-party politicians who participated in the rally to military trials. With the continuous awakening of the people's democratic consciousness, since the late 1960s, calls on the Kuomintang authorities to lift the "martial law" have never stopped on Taiwan. Some non-Kuomintang politicians have used the official "Legislative Yuan","Parliament" and other venues to continuously issue appeals and protests, but the Taiwan authorities have repeatedly used "anti-communist" as an excuse to insist on "martial law" unchanged. Since the beginning of this year, as the people on the island are increasingly fighting for political democracy, the Taiwan authorities 'rigid policies have been greatly affected. Recently, more than 130 non-party politicians ignored the ban of the Taiwan authorities and announced the establishment of the "Democratic Progressive Party", forcing the Kuomintang authorities to make a gesture. The "special case group" formed by twelve Kuomintang Central Standing Committee members earlier this year recently leaked rumors that it had "decided in principle" to study the two issues of lifting "martial law" and allowing the people to form political groups. Taiwanese newspapers reported on October 9 that Chiang Ching-kuo said in an interview with American reporters that the significance of lifting "martial law" included that civilians would no longer be tried by military courts and certain restrictions on personal freedom would be lifted. Chiang Ching-kuo also said that after the "martial law" is lifted, the authorities will issue a new "national" security law to replace it. The time for officially announcing the lifting of "martial law" must be determined after Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" studies it.