Under the advocacy of Chen and his associates, the Executive Yuan approved a hepatitis B prevention program in 1981, and Taiwan's war on hepatitis B began in earnest. With the National Science Council placed in charge of basic research, the Ministry of Education responsible for training researchers and health instructors and the Department of Health spearheading preventive measures, the battle against hepatitis B raged.
在陳定信等人的疾呼奔走下，1981 年，行政院通過了「B 型肝炎防治計畫」，台灣與 B 肝正式開戰──國科會負責相關基礎研究，教育部負責研究及衛教人才培育、衛生署負責推動防治措施，一場 B 肝防治大戰如火如荼地展開。