The mainland Chinese originally thought of "assigning" Taiwan a spot in the Chinese Pavilion area, like the "special administrative regions" of Hong Kong and Macao. The intention was to suggest an image of unification, which was of course completely unacceptable to Taiwan. TAITRA had to step again to the fore to negotiate.
中國官方原本想把台灣館「安插」在中國館區內，與香港、澳門等「特區館」並列，意圖塑造大一統形象，此舉我國當然無法接受，於是再度由貿協出面斡旋，終於促使台灣館「抽離」於港、澳及中國其他省市館之外，擁有自己的區塊。