Although the Basic Law is unclear on this point, Citi Hung, managing chairman of HK Polling and Business Research Consulting Co., takes the view that it is almost certain that after 1997, Taiwanese firms in Hong Kong will lose their present status as foreign companies, and will be treated as "special domestic investors," as they are on the mainland today.
不過，「基本法」雖然模糊，但香港統計、策略研究及市場調查顧問公司總經理洪清田認為，九七後的香港台商幾乎可以確定將喪失原先的「外商」地位，而可能像在大陸般，被視為「特殊國內投資」。