Chen Chien-nien is also deeply aware of the historical significance of his having passed the test of public opinion. He describes the pressure he feels as being "as if everyone has four eyes turned on the first aboriginal county chief," especially at this time of conflict between the interests of the aboriginal peoples and Han Chinese.
而陳建年亦深知這次通過民意試煉的歷史性意義，他以「一個人有四個眼睛在看第一個『原住民』縣長」，來形容自己的壓力，尤其在山地族群與漢人權益相衝突之際。