DPP legislator Lin Cho-shui described it as "acceptable, if not very satisfactory." PFP spokesman Li Ching-an called it "a conclusion without a conclusion." New Party convenor Hau Lung-pin said the statement was too ambiguous, tending towards "one China, with each side free to make its own interpretation," and added that it was highly unlikely to be used by the president as a guide for cross-strait policy.
民進黨立委林濁水認為，「雖不滿意但可接受」；親民黨發言人李慶安說，「這是沒有結論的結論」；新黨全委會召集人郝龍斌認為，結論文字過於模糊，流於「一個共識，各自表述」，陳水扁總統如何據以作為兩岸政策的參考，實在令人懷疑。