"The most important thing is that it was the beginning of friendly contacts," says Chu Hsin-min, an associate professor in National Chengchi University's Graduate School of international Law and Diplomacy. He believes the conference's greatest significance was that Taiwan and pro-democracy figures overseas have at least acquired a basis of mutual understanding if they wish to pursue long-term contacts.
「這是一個良性接觸的開始」，政治大學外交研究所副教授朱新民說，海外民運人士、組織與國內之間，若想長期接觸，至少有個相互瞭解的基礎，這是這次會議最大的意義。