Wang, TSMC's Morris Chang and the Evergreen Group's Chang Yung-fa. They believe that the fact that Taiwan and the mainland share a common language and culture facilitates cooperation. They therefore advocate utilizing the mainland's production and market resources to accelerate the upgrading of Taiwan's industries, therefore increasing Taiwan's capabilities for globalization.
爭議過程中，一方面，工商大老如王永慶、張忠謀、張榮發等紛紛直言力諫，希望在同文同種的優勢下，善用大陸的生產、市場資源，以加速台灣的產業升級腳步，並厚植國際化本錢。