After hearing of Soong's resignation, the central authorities made every effort to keep him on. Minister of the Interior Lin Feng-cheng, Provincial Assembly speaker Liu Ping-wei, and KMT Secretary-General Wu Po-hsiung all tried in vain to persuade Soong to withdraw his resignation.
中央高層在接獲宋省長辭職的消息後全力慰留，先後出動內政部長林豐正、省議會議長劉炳偉、國民黨秘書長吳伯雄，然都無法說服宋打消辭意。