ROC vice president Annette Lu, in her capacity as chairperson of the assembly, delivered remarks at the opening ceremonies. She pointed out that the Pacific is the largest and deepest ocean in the world, covering about one-third of the globe's surface, accounting for half of the oceanic surface area of the entire world, and possessing two-thirds of the world's fisheries stocks.
在開幕典禮上，副總統呂秀蓮以大會主人的身份致詞時指出，太平洋是地球最大及最深的海洋，覆蓋了三分之一的地表面積，幾乎佔了全球海洋總面積的一半，並擁有全球三分之二的漁貨量。