Many critics argued that many government officials participated in these events, creating the suspicion that there is no separation between party and government.
不少批評者以為，此次下鄉活動徵召不少擔任公職的政府官員，隱隱然有「黨政不分」的嫌疑；而這種「親善活動」也是為了拉選票才會有的「動作」。