Chiang, carried out its mission without a hitch. Not only did Chiang stand in for President Lee Teng-hui at the summit, he also held bilateral talks with the leaders of many APEC nations, including Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, Singaporean prime minister Goh Chok Tong, Philippine president Joseph Estrada and Indonesian president B.J.
在經建會主委江丙坤領軍之下，我國代表團此行順利完成任務，江丙坤除了代替總統李登輝出席領袖高峰會，並與馬來西亞總理馬哈地、新加坡總理吳作棟、菲律賓總統艾斯瑞達和泰國副總理蘇帕猜以及印尼總統哈比比等多國領袖進行了雙邊會談。