Gao's relationship with Taiwan goes back a number of years, and this visit to the TIBE marked his sixth to the island, where he is well known and has many friends in the literary community.
然而高行健和台灣其實淵源甚深，屈指算來，此次已是高行健第六次訪台。高行健在台灣知音多、文友多，頗有如魚得水之樂。