DPP executives from other cities and counties also failed to attend. Among them are some whohave specialized knowledge and have strong opinions about PRC policy, thereby devaluing somewhat the representativeness of the consensus achieved at the debate.
除了陳水扁未參加，其餘民進黨籍的各縣市長也同時缺席，其中不乏對中國政策有研究及見解者，使得這次辯論共識的代表性打了折扣。