"The fundamental reason is the domestic environment has changed," is the analysis of one reporter. The National Development Seminar was begun in 1972. At that time the government had just withdrawn from the United Nations. The Chinese Communists were attempting to isolate the ROC and win over overseas scholars.
此外，國內問題的關鍵，誠如今年國建會總領隊方大錚在總結報告中所言：「政府有心無力，事事受製於輿論、立法、司法及利益團體，只好謀求妥協。」