Among those sitting in the audience at the conference were representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Mainland Affairs Council, and the Straits Exchange Foundation; from the rival New Party; and from the American Institute in Taiwan, the French Institute in Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, and the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party.
事前登記旁聽的包括外交部、陸委會、海基會等政府單位；新黨公職人員也組成代表團全程參與；美國在台協會、新加坡代表處、澳洲、法國駐台機構、日本自民黨等都派員列席，至於學界、商界、國內外媒體更是反應熱烈。