The Hu-Siew meeting was important as a symbol of cross-strait thawing, and both sides made the most of the opportunity. Hu showed goodwill by discussing the promotion of economic cooperation and working together to create win-win solutions. Siew, for his part, offered four urgent recommendations-permitting cross-strait charter flights on weekends, opening tourism in Taiwan to mainland residents, reopening cross-strait negotiating channels, and normalizing cross-strait economic and trade relations.
被視為融冰象徵的胡蕭會，雙方充分把握此次機遇，胡錦濤釋出未來推動經濟合作、共創雙贏的善意；蕭萬長則提出兩岸週末包機、大陸居民來台觀光、恢復兩岸協商管道，及兩岸經貿正常化等 4 項積極建議。