On January 18th, Premier Vincent Siew returned home from Central America. Besides fulfilling his trip's main purpose of cementing international friendships, Premier Siew also observed the results of using investment and trade as the central plank of a pragmatic foreign policy, and resolutely pushed for private enterprises to participate in popular diplomacy.
行政院長蕭萬長一月十八日結束訪問中美洲行程返國，此行除了達到鞏固邦誼的主要目的，蕭院長並親自考察以經貿為主軸的務實外交，並確立引進民間企業參與全民外交的目標。