When Chen arrived on the 14th in the Dominican Republic, he was greeted at the airport by over 100 representatives of the Taiwanese business community there, and more than 700 Taiwanese residents threw a party for the president that night at his hotel.
十四日傍晚陳總統抵達此行的第一個國家、位於中南美洲的多明尼加，有一百多名台商代表在機場迎接，當晚，七百多名台商和僑胞在總統下榻的飯店舉辦了一場充滿台灣風情的「阿扁之夜」。