Though the BFA bore diplomatic fruit, Ma and Siew stressed afterwards that thawing cross-strait relations will take both time and understanding. They argued that preventing the thaw from turning into a flood requires that they move slowly.
博鰲會成果豐碩，但正如馬蕭兩人在其後的國際記者會中強調的，兩岸融冰需要時間與智慧，「走得穩比走得快重要」，才不會「融冰變洪水」。