Especially regretable is the case this year. Originally, legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng was to serve as envoy. China, however, objected that the selection of representatives could not have political overtones, and so mounted pressure for another envoy to be chosen. Senior presidential adviser Lin Hsin-yi was selected.
尤其遺憾的是，這次我國非正式領袖代表原為立法院長王金平，但卻遭到中國以「代表人選不得有政治色彩」為由，橫加阻撓打壓，致使人選更動，改由「總統經濟顧問小組召集人」林信義代表出席。