8月17號，網上出現由古正華、張勤德、王子愷等51人聯署《這是一起嚴重的政治事件——致中共中央、廣東省委和深圳市委的公開信》。8月17號，BBC中文網刊登香港大學教授潘毅嘅文章，提出佳士工潮「開啟了中國工運的全新篇章」。
On August 17, 51 people, including Gu Zhenghua, Zhang Qinde, and Wang Zikai, jointly signed "This is a serious political incident - an open letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee", appeared on the Internet. On August 17, BBC Chinese published an article by Professor Pan Yi of the University of Hong Kong, arguing that the Jasic Movement "opened a new chapter in China's labor movement".