Three days before the good news of his appointment as a cabinet official was received, Stephen Chu was in Taiwan to participate in the "Academy Presidents 'Forum" as part of the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Academia Sinica, sharing the same hall with institute leaders from 13 countries around the globe.
在出任部長喜訊傳來的前 3 天，朱棣文人在台灣，參加中央研究院為慶祝成立 80 周年而舉辦的「國際科學院院長論壇」，與來自全球 13 個國家的科學院領導者齊聚一堂。