However, given the trend of globalization of firms, there are growing economic opportunities in ROC diplomatic partner states. New Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Hsin-yi, a successful entrepreneur himself, was a key member of the delegation that accompanied President Chen Shui-bian abroad in mid-August. He devoted particular attention to the local investment climate in each country, and came up with a few suggestions of his own.
但是，隨著全球化的企業發展趨勢，我邦交國的商機逐漸顯現，過去曾為成功企業經營者的經濟部長林信義，也是八月中陳總統出訪的重要幕僚，他特地為投資邦交國把脈，提出中肯的建議。