Recently elected Taipei City Mayor Shaw En-shin, also present at the rally, felt deeply impressed by the turnout and enthusiastic participation in the event, which he described as a show of strength and national unity. Ms. Li Tien-hui, a woman cellist from mainland China who recently defected to the Republic of China, joined her compatriots for the celebration.
民眾爭向孫院長問好，孫院長也頻頻與四周的民眾握手寒暄，他說：「看到那麼多同胞自動前來參加升旗典禮，證明瞭我們全國一心，國家的前途一定光明燦爛。」