After the plan for the offshore shipping center was brought before the public, the PRC government, which up until then had been constantly calling for direct cross-strait shipping to be established, based on the definition of a "domestic shipping line," reversed its attitude 180 degrees. Since the regulation was passed over one year ago, not even one commercial ship has succeeded in crossing the strait.
「境外航運中心」辦法出爐後，原本口口聲聲要求兩岸按照「國內航線」定義進行直航的中共，在台灣政府突出奇招、「片面」「單方」做出這項直航方案後，反倒態度逆轉，以致於這項方案製定一年多來，沒有任何一家業者得以成行。