After returning to Taiwan, SEF chairman Chiang indicated that the establishment of representative offices was "a matter for the distant future," and clarified that the delegation had only raised the matter so that it might be discussed at a later date, with recognition that policy discussions had yet to be carried out.
海基會董事長江丙坤回台後表示，互設辦事處仍是「遙遠將來的工作」，代表團僅先將議題帶回來，一切還留待未來進行政策討論。