In January 1988, Jorge Lee, as minister for labor and welfare, arrived in Taiwan to attend the funeral of late President Chiang Ching-kuo. Also, back in the days before Carlos Yap Ch. was Panama ambassador to the ROC, his eldest son Javier, along with Zia Lee and Jorge Lee came here to take part in the World Youth Conference of Overseas Chinese, getting to know Taiwan in the process.
例如民國七十七年元月，李智明以勞工暨福利部部長的身分，來台參加故總統經國先生的奉厝大典；而早在葉祿生出任巴國駐華大使前，他的長子葉思正及李詩蓮、李智明等人，都曾來台參加「世界華裔青年會」，對台灣印象深刻。