This "honor," says one official at the ROC's Ministry of Economic Affairs, "is one that it would be disrepectful to decline but embarrassing to accept. Our economy has made us a 'rising star' of sorts, but we still have a ways to go before becoming a developed country."
對於這項「抬舉」，「我們是『卻之不恭、受之有愧』」，經濟部一位官員說：「經濟發展的衝勁與潛能，使我們已具有『明日之星』的架勢；但就目前而言，我們離已開發國家還有一段距離。」