This was surprising, because in the early 1990s. while social movements in Taiwan had already begun to take embryonic shape, it was still considered impossible for a civic group to change a government decision. The WPPA targeted key ministries and decision-makers for lobbying.
雖然在一九九○年代初期，台灣社會民主化雛形已備，但是民間想推動公共政策，改變政府的決策或決議，仍被認為是不可能的事。