The selection of a new cabinet provided the background for a get-acquainted press conference with the new cabinet officers, save for Kuo Wei-fan, Director of the Council for Cultural Planning and Development and the new director of the Council for Economic Planning and Development, Frederick Chien, who were out of the country.
新閣開新運在眾人矚目的內閣名單發表後，一時之間，新任部會首長成為大眾傳播媒體的「紅星」。為了讓國人更進一步地認識新閣員，新聞局於七月廿三日舉行記者會。