In his closing address, John C. Kuan, chairman of the National Youth Commission, provided a final footnote, quoting from a book by an American scholar which listed the input and ideas of overseas scholars as a prime reason for the Republic of China's progress and democratization over the past ten years.
他指出，在美國加州大學學者白魯荀所著的「台灣模式」一書中提到，過去十年間，中華民國台灣愈形開放、民主，根據這位學者的研究，海外學人的投入建言，是為第一個原因。