CEPD vice chairperson Ho Mei-yueh was more optimistic. She said that when the draft was under review in the Executive Yuan, the Mainland Affairs Council stated that the Statute Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area already covered the issue of mainland businessmen traveling to Taiwan, so that there was no need to draw up another law for them. Therefore, the draft law only regulates other foreign businessmen.
她說，由於草案在行政院審查時，陸委會表示兩岸人民關係條例中已經規範了大陸商務人士來台問題，不必疊床架屋、另外訂定，所以草案中只就外籍商務人士部份加以規範，至於大陸商務人士入出境部份，則由陸委會研擬放寬。