A number of local businessmen, with Koo Chen-fu, chairman of the Chinese National Association of Industry and Commerce, at the helm, have recently repeatedly called on the government to rescue the stock market. At the same time, Y.T. Wang, president of the Formosa Plastics Group, which has long been the leading industrial corporation, has resolutely expressed opposition.
以中華民國工商協進會理事長辜振甫為首的部分企業界人士，最近頻頻呼籲政府挽救股市；同時，一直堅守工業崗位的台塑總經理王永在則大表反對。