Although the views of participants are valuable, the government cannot afford to hold the seminars too often. All payment for the participants 'board, lodging and travel expenses must come from the taxpayers, who are entitled to wonder whether the expenditure is worthwhile. Many newspapers criticized the fact that the academic qualifications of many participants this year were not high enough.
儘管國建會有許多正面的功能，然而，舉辦國建會，政府需負責歸國學人的來回交通費、住宿餐費、各項建設參觀活動的安排等一切費用，所費實屬不貲，因此國內每一位納稅義務人對國建會的動態與功能自是十分關注，究竟政府每年花費大筆經費舉辦國建會，是否值得？