Premier Chang Chun-hsiung in early September became the first ROC premier ever to lead a delegation to visit ROC diplomatic partners in the Caribbean region. The return of the premier and his entourage to Taiwan was delayed by the terrorist attacks of September 11, but the group finally managed to get back home on September 14 after spending two days in the United States.
九月十四日，受到美國九一一恐怖事件影響，首度出訪中美邦交國的行政院長張俊雄一行在美滯留二日後返抵國門，新聞在震驚全球的恐怖事件報導中未能凸顯。