His first two years here saw the most intensive exchange of official visits between Taiwan and the Netherlands in the two nations 'history. These included not just groups studying investment opportunities, but also more than one visit to Taiwan by the head of the Netherlands' Agency for International Trade and Cooperation and its Director-General for Foreign Economic Relations.
他來台的頭兩年，台荷雙方進入了史上最密集的官員互訪期，除了各類投資考察團外，荷蘭外貿局長和對外經濟關係總司長也接踵訪華，且來了不止一次。