Meanwhile, Vice Premier Lai In-jaw, representing the government at a finance conference where business people pleaded with government and opposition parties to put political squabbling aside and focus on the economy, was quoting President Chen Shui-bian to the effect that successful economic recovery depends on the participation of government, business, and ordinary citizens.
行政院副院長賴英照，代表政府在一個財經研討會中回應企業界所提出「朝野以發展經濟為主，盡快穩定政局」的建議，他引述陳水扁總統的談話表示，經濟發展要成功，必須依賴政府、企業、與民間的參與。