These developments mean that the Ma Ying-jeou administration will be able to make good on Ma's campaign promise to boost the economy by bringing in mainland Chinese tourists and getting direct weekend charter flights started by July, which is quite a feather in his cap. Mainland Chinese leader Hu Jintao, in the meantime, can report to an expectant nation that he has moved one step closer to reunification.
一方面馬政府可如期實現「陸客來台和週末包機直航 7 月上路」的競選承諾，在改善兩岸關係、活絡經濟上交出亮麗成績單；而中共國家主席胡錦濤也可達成兩岸逐步統合的歷史使命，對國內民族情緒有所交代。