Wu Yuan-yan, a spokesperson for the ROC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responded that admission to the WTO is based on an applicant's economic and trade system. Any entity which meets the organization's criteria may join. Therefore, Taiwan and the mainland have applied separately to join the WTO and their admissions will also be handled separately.
我外交部發言人烏元彥則相對指出，WTO 的入會時程取決於申請者的經貿體制，符合規定者即可加入，因此分別提出申請的兩方，入會案理應也分開處理。