However, P.K. Chiang avers that the chief aims of APROC were deregulation and liberalization, and that convergence with the mainland is not a necessary condition for realizing the project.
然而，江丙坤認為，「亞太營運中心」的宗旨在於鬆綁、自由化，倒不一定要跟大陸接軌才能實現。