David Hong Posts held: Currently vice president of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research; formerly director of the Taipei City Government Bureau of Finance. Areas of expertise: Energy economics, transport economics, banking and finance. "Intensive economic interaction can indeed have a positive influence on the cross-strait political situation. The most obvious effect is mutual confidence and communication, and the WTO provides an opportunity to resolve cross-strait economic issues.
從市政到智庫──洪德生主要經歷：現任台灣經濟研究院副院長、曾任台北市政府財政局局長學歷：美國明尼蘇達大學經濟學博士專業領域：能源經濟、運輸經濟、財務金融「經濟頻繁的互動確實能為兩岸政治帶來正面的影響，最明顯的是雙方的互信與互動，而 WTO 剛好是兩岸間經濟問題調處的契機。