In addition to traveling the length and breadth of mainland China, the peripatetic Lee has in the 1990s accepted invitations from the ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take part in foreign aid missions to Swaziland and Palau. In both of these places he has helped the locals upgrade their ceramic making techniques and develop products that would appeal to tourists.
驛馬星動的李茂宗不僅足跡踏遍中國大陸，也在九○年代應中華民國外交部農技團邀請，遠赴非洲史瓦濟蘭與南太平洋帛琉指導當地住民強化原有的陶藝特色，並將陶藝品發展成與觀光結合的工藝品，提振當地經濟。