Lin Po-ting agrees: "Participation in international exhibitions is an important form of 'cultural diplomacy' that advances personnel contacts and academic exchange among museums." Our absence from an such event would have been regrettable--not only for lovers of art abroad but also for ourselves.
林柏亭則表示，「藉著參加國際大展，也可促成各館人員往來、學術交流，是很重要的『文化外交』」，他指出，如果在如此盛會上缺席，不僅是外國觀眾惋惜，也是我們自己的遺憾。