Vikrom Kromadit, the ethnic Chinese Thai who makes this suggestion, is chairman of Amata, Thailand's largest developer of industrial parks. In 2007 Kromadit was listed among the 30 richest Thais with personal wealth estimated at US $ 170 million. Having earned a BS in mechanical engineering at National Taiwan University in the 1970s, he identifies with Taiwan and holds a special place in his heart for it.
提出此一建言的泰國華人邱威功，是泰國最大工業區──安美德工業區──的董事長，也是泰國 2007 年財富名列前 30、擁有 1.7 億美元身價的企業家，1970 年代留學台灣，畢業於台大機械系，對台灣有分特殊的情感與認同。