Ye Fei, a vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, has said, "In the past we did stupid things, and trampled on the interests of the overseas Chinese, especially in depriving them of their 'roots.' This could not but cause them deep pain, and we must clear up the debt that we owe."
對僑房問題，中共「人大常委」副委員長葉飛曾說過：「過去我們辦了蠢事、侵犯了華僑的利益，特別是損害了他們的『根』，這就不能不深深地傷害了他們的感情，我們欠下的這筆帳一定要還清。」