However, many academics and government officials are not so pessimistic: "With such intense trade activity between Taiwan, Hong Kong and the mainland, if Beijing were to prevent Taiwan from investing in the mainland via Hong Kong, the Hong Kong and mainland economies would suffer no less than Taiwan's," says Wu Chieh-min, director of the Hong Kong office of Taipei's Far East Trade Service.
不過許多學者、官員並不悲觀：「兩岸三地的經貿往來這麼密切，中共如果不准台灣借道香港投資大陸，對香港、大陸的經濟傷害不會小於台灣」，遠東貿易服務中心駐港辦事處吳傑民主任表示。