Hsu adds that the world's most important libraries have switched to Hanyu Pinyin for cataloging Chinese-language publications. At a time when the march toward an information-based society is gaining momentum rapidly, says Hsu, Taiwan's progress would be severely hampered if we chose a different romanization system. Asks Hsu, "Is it really worth it?" What to do?
許聞廉同時表示，現在國際重要的圖書館都改用漢語拼音，中文圖書的分類排序也以漢語拼音為準則，台灣若選其它的拼音系統，在資訊化的速度與轉換上就會慢上好幾倍，「台灣為什麼要付這樣的代價？」