In order to broaden and open the GEC’s foreign exchange network and strengthen its international perspective, the GEC Chairman and the Secretary General visited a total of five cities from Taipei to Tainan (Taipei, Keelung, Changhua, Chiayi, and Kaohsiung), five universities (Taipei Medical University, National Taiwan Ocean University, National Changhua University of Education, National Chiayi University, and Shu-Te University), two secondary schools (Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School and Kaohsiung Municipal Girls’ Senior High School), and they also signed cooperation agreements with the Taiwan leaders of these academic bodies.