By pure coincidence, the Government Information Office (GIO) had selected Tokyo as the venue for its annual meeting of GIO overseas offices in the East Asian region. During the meeting, several GIO officers suggested holding more overseas exhibits of art from Taiwan, and because Chen's works were just then on exhibit in Japan, his name came up in the discussions.
湊巧得是，新聞局今年的亞太業務檢討也在日本東京舉行，會中幾位駐外單位主管不約而同地提議多辦一些台灣藝文展覽，讓國際人士認識經濟奇蹟之外的台灣。