It will come as no surprise that even though the president, vice-president, and other high-level officials of the governing DPP party ducked the rally, the PRC's Taiwan Affairs Office escalated its war of words by saying that the rally was held "with the support of the Taiwanese authorities."
雖然這場正名大遊行，陳總統與呂副總統、政黨高層都迴避參與，但中共國台辦仍將之視為「在台灣當局支持下」進行的「分裂國土」遊行，並大加撻伐。