For example, he criticized the KMT center over the symbolic status assigned to the provincial governor at cabinet meetings, and also over unfairness in the division of government revenues. His media skills were such that "he only had to open his mouth and he would be the headline on page one or two."
郭淑敏表示，宋在省長內任，多次高分貝的談話，譬如就民選省長列席行政院會的位置排列、財政收支劃分法不公平等問題抨擊中央，「只要他一講話就可以上報紙一、二版頭條。」