Next Teng did concerts in the US, and broke through the "bamboo curtain" into mainland China, inciting a wave of enthusiasm for "Little Teng." Besides all this she won the Golden Bell award (Taiwan's top award) as best female singer and was selected as one of the nation's Ten Most Outstanding Young Women.
接著，她又到美國開演唱會，歌聲也衝破竹幕，在大陸掀起「小鄧」熱潮，此外還獲得金鐘獎最佳女演唱人獎、參加勞軍義演、當選十大傑出女青年… …。