Apart from this, Chen Chien-nien's other objectives for his four-year term of office include winning approval for a university complex at Chihpen, a national museum of prehistoric culture and a Taitung branch of the Marine Science Museum, and finding ways to attract outside investment to Taitung without destroying its reputation as "the last unspoilt place in Taiwan," of which Taitung people are so proud.
此外，台東知本大學城、國立史前文化博物館、海洋博物館台東分館的爭取，以及如何吸引外資流入台東，又不破壞台東人引以為傲的「台灣最後一片淨土」的美譽，都是陳建年未來四年的施政目標。