The Minister of Economic Affairs directed Wu Kuan-hsiung, director of the Ministry's commerce department, to visit Japan, Korea, and other countries (in the 1960s) to study their external trade organizations.
當時經濟部長李國鼎有鑑於此，特派商業司長武冠雄前往日、韓等國，考察當地如何設立貿易推廣機構。