When on 11 October President Chen Shui-bian revealed his choice of Li Yuan-zu, a former vice-president and now a senior presidential adviser, as his representative to attend the economic leaders 'meeting, the reaction in Taiwan was generally positive.
十月十一日，當陳水扁總統從口袋掏出名單後，台灣各界對前副總統、今總統府資政李元簇將出席 APEC 領袖會議，多半表示認同。