Whether by chance or by design, after 11 long years of effort and persuasion it was on 11 November 2001 that Taiwan finally received approval from the World Trade Organization to become a full WTO member within one month. This marks the beginning of a new era in Taiwan's interaction with the international community.
不知是巧合或是有意，台灣在長達十一年的漫長奮鬥、努力與溝通後，終於在二○○一年十一月十一日得到世界貿易組織（WTO）認證，將在一個月內成為 WTO 正式會員國，開啟台灣與國際互動的新紀元。