Objectively considered, Hsinchu does indeed appear to have the best qualifications of any place in the country for playing the "technology card." Said Mayor Jen during the excitement over Lee Yuan-tseh's return visit: "I hope that when people talk about scientific and technological personnel in the future, they'll think of Hsinchu."
論客觀環境，新竹市確是國內最有資格打「科技牌」的地方；「希望將來提到科技人才，就會想到新竹」，任富勇市長在李遠哲回鄉的熱潮中，意興飛揚地發下豪語。