Chu was fascinated when he read a suggestion that the government should use television to promote scientific development, since it corresponded with his own ideas.
來信者是位科技研究人員，他建議新聞局利用大眾傳播工具來倡導科技的發展。這位有心人雖是學科學的，但對於大眾傳播的理論與方法相當內行，他對於國內的科技發展亦極關切，因此洋洋灑灑寫了好幾張信紙作那樣積極的建議。