The GIO stresses that the vote to select the symbols of Taiwan is running from the bottom up so as to capture the shared imagination of the citizens of Taiwan. The symbol the people find together will then be used over the long-term to present an image of Taiwan to the international community.
新聞局強調，台灣意象票選活動的精神，在透過由下而上的參與過程來凝聚國人共識，共同尋找出具代表性的台灣意象，以便未來長期在國際間打造台灣的鮮明形象。