As Huang Hsien-yung of the Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office in Thailand, says: "It was the right thing for the government to promote the Go South policy 10 years ago. After Thailand broke off diplomatic relations with the ROC in 1986, investment in Thailand by Taiwan firms kept substantive relations between the two sides good, and Taiwan business people enjoy such privileges as diplomatic passports and tax-free vehicle purchasing.
「十年前政府推動南向政策非常正確，」外交部駐泰國代表黃顯榮指出，民國七十五年中、泰斷交後，藉由台商在泰國的投資，使得兩國各方面的實質關係良好，代表處人員也享有外交護照、購車免稅等優惠。