Taiwan asked the mainland's ARATS to allow Shih Chi-ping, a deputy secretary-general of Taiwan's SEF who was in nearby Shanghai, to assist the families of the deceased; this re quest was refused by ARATS vice chairman Tang Shubei.
△台灣要求海協會同意目前留在大陸上海的海基會副秘書長石齊平就近前往協助罹難家屬，又遭海協會常務副會長唐樹備回絕。