Regarding governmental affairs, Premier lien has actively promoted setting out a legal structure for local autonomy. For foreign relations, he has worked toward opening up bilateral and multilateral relations. Besides taking an active part in regional organizations (such as APEC) and seeking entry to organizations that are functional in nature (such as GATT), he has also established a small policy group for working out a strategy for getting the R.O.C.
而在政治方面，連院長積極推動地方自治的法制化；在對外關係上，則努力開展雙邊、多邊關係，除了積極參與區域性的組織（如 APEC）和設法進入功能性的組織（如 GATT）外，也成立決策小組，妥善規劃，以爭取加入聯合國。