Not only were the discussion rooms full, but the panels continued on past their scheduled 10 o'clock closing time without anyone leaving in the middle. Scholars could be seen huddled together in the corridors late into the night carrying on the discussion.
雖是夜以繼日，討論情況仍見熱烈，尤其是「科技創業投資」、「促進民營企業研究與海外華人參與」和「國家科技長程發展」等組，討論室裡不但滿座，亦無人中途離場，過了預定結束時間﹘ ﹘十點，還不見「散場」，直到夜深，學人們還聚在走廊上議論不止。