Given our present situation, he believes, we should try to strengthen applied science and technology as much as possible, even in upper-stream research. "We've got to beef up our ability in applied science and technology before we can turn around and feed back basic research."
他認為即使針對上游研究，台灣的現況也應儘量強化應用科學，「強化了應用、技術能力，也才能回頭來『反哺』基礎研究。」