But Lu Li-li believes the significance of the Houchuwei community's experience does not lie in its trailblazing new territory, but rather in "demonstrating a procedure for implementing Western concepts of popular participation in public works within a traditional Chinese community."
不過呂莉莉認為，後竹圍社區經驗的意義，不在於它的首開先河，而是「提供一個如何在傳統社區，推動來自西方民眾參與公共建設觀念的歷程。」