Thanks to President Chen Shui-bian's announcement of the policy's suspension and DPP efforts to communicate with disaffected elements, though the rally took place as scheduled, with 120,000 farmers taking to the streets, it remained calm and rational.
在陳水扁總統宣示暫緩實施分級管理政策與民進黨強力溝通下，遊行雖然照常舉行，所幸十二萬農民的集結最終以理性和平落幕。