Hu, formerly foreign affairs minister and head of the Government Information Office, was impressed by the experience of the Spanish city of Bilbao, which revived its fortunes by hosting a new Guggenheim Museum. In competition with major Asian cities, Hu devoted enormous effort to getting Guggenheim to open a branch in Taichung.
曾擔任新聞局長、外交部長的胡志強，以古根漢博物館讓西班牙小城畢爾包起死回生的經驗，卯足全力在亞洲百大城市競逐中，爭取到古根漢來台中設分館。