Li Yafei, for his part, insisted that his meeting with Jan Jyh-horng had nothing to do with "semi-official consultions" or "semi-official exchanges," but was simply part of the preparatory work for the visit to China by SEF Chairman Koo Chen-fu.
李亞飛也認為，他與詹志宏的會面不是「會務協商」，也不是「會務交流」，而是安排海基會董事長辜振甫來大陸參訪的準備工作。