John Chandler points out that for ICI, which has its headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region in Singapore, Taiwan's position will be "increasingly important. This is because we feel that in the future Taiwan will make major contributions to the mainland and will have a great impact. If we don't get on board now, how will we get into the mainland in the future?"
陳德樂則指出，對亞太總部設在新加坡的卜內門企業來說，台灣的地位會「愈來愈重要」﹘﹘「因為我們認為，將來台灣對大陸應該會有大貢獻、大影響，現在不趕快加入台灣，將來又如何能進入大陸？」