In the early 1990s, under the leadership of Li Hsing, a senior film director who served as chairman of the awards 'executive committee, the Golden Horse Awards started to attract Chinese-language movies from all over to have test screenings. Then they invited filmmakers from mainland China to participate, actively promoting cinematic exchange across the strait.
一九九○年代初，金馬獎在資深導演李行擔任主席的領軍下，開始引介各地華語電影在影展中觀摩放映，爾後又邀請中國大陸電影參展，大力推動兩岸電影文化交流。