More than 1800 members of the high-tech elite from 86 countries attended this conference, including 200 from the US, 160-plus from Japan, and 70 from Malaysia. More than 50 people also attended from Australia, which will be the host country in the year 2002, to observe the Taipei experience.
其中美國參與人數最多，約有二百人，日本代表約一百六十多位，馬來西亞也有七十多人前來，下一屆二○○二年的主辦國澳洲則派了五十多名團員前來觀摩取經。