The issue of trafficking in rhino horn and tiger bone had in fact already been a focus of international discussions for over a decade, but Taiwan has not itself been actively involved, on top of which there was very little international understanding of the background to Chinese medicine, or of Taiwan's stance on the issue.
事實上，在這之前，國際上討論犀角、虎骨的走私已十多年；但台灣一直未能積極參與國際保育事務，國際人士也一直無法瞭解中藥文化，與台灣在這件事上的態度。