Most major Chinese papers ran Chu’s photo on the front page, with Beijing Business Today running a cautionary headline: “Don’t Mistake the Visiting American Ministers as Relatives!” The paper went on to warn that, “In their own hearts, we are afraid that Chu and Locke put their priorities in exactly the opposite order.”
由于他们是首次担任美国内阁部长的华裔人士，中国媒体都在热炒此二人。绝大多数的中国报纸都将朱棣文的照片放在头版头条，《北京商报》却表示谨慎的乐观,文章的标题为“别把美华裔部长来访当成走亲戚”，并且进一步地警告说：“似乎在不少人的心里，骆家辉、朱棣文首先是“华裔”、其次是“部长”、最后才是“美国的”。不过在这两位心里，恐怕是恰恰相反的一种排序。”