Yeh often goes to Beijing to represent Taiwan firms in negotiations with the government. Once, in the presence of many Communist Party cadres, a high-ranking official of the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office asked him this question: "You've gathered so many Taiwan firms in Dongguan and stirred up such enthusiasm among them-but for what purpose?"
東莞台協的靈魂人物葉宏燈常代表台商到北京交涉事情，有次，北京國台辦高層官員當著許多幹部的面前問了一句：「你在東莞集結了這麼多台商，人氣這麼旺，你的心裡是怎麼想的？」