His relationship with MTI extended all the way back to his days at the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) in the 1970s. CSIST, which is under the military, was at that time the only agency in Taiwan doing research in microwave communications. Many patriotic overseas experts came back to work there, bringing with them the latest ideas in microwave technology.
中科院隸屬軍方，當時是國內僅有的微波通信研究單位；愛國心切的海外學人則往來穿梭，帶回來一波波最新的微波科技觀念。