These efforts pumped fresh, young blood into the opposition movement. Among the student leaders of that era who now have prominent positions in the government are Ma Yung-cheng, a top presidential aide; Lo Wen-chia, Vice Chairman of the Council of Cultural Affairs; and Lin Cheng-hsiou, the director of Taipei's Bureau of Civil Affairs.
當時從這類活動產生出來的學運領袖，有的已位居要津，總統府辦公室機要秘書馬永成、文建會副主委羅文嘉、台北市政府民政局長林正修等，就是這一代學運領袖走上政壇的知名例子。