The news media in China describe Chen as "the Lee Kai-fu of the film industry" because of the similarity of Chen's background to that of Lee Kai-fu, the founder and former president of Google China. Both men hail from Taiwan, worked as representatives of Western companies, and capitalized on their bicultural strengths by acting as a bridge, then when conditions were ripe made a name for themselves in their respective specialties.
中國媒體稱陳國富為「電影界的李開復」，認為他和曾任 Google 中國區副總裁李開復來中國發展的背景類似──台灣出身，先成為歐美企業的代表，以雙文化優勢扮演橋樑角色，爾後隨著環境成熟，進一步建立起自己的專業名聲。