Chang Chung-mou, who had been head of a company in the US, in 1985 accepted K.T. Li's invitation to come back to take charge of the plan for domestic technologically-related industries at ITRI.
原任美國通用公司總裁的張忠謀，即於民國七十四年接受李國鼎邀請，回來入主工研院，執掌科技工業方針。