| Date | 
			Nation | 
			Brief description of event | 
			Nature | 
			# of persons | 
		
		
			| April | 
		
		
			| 04.25 | 
			Sweden | 
			Liu banquets Kerstin Sahlin, vice president of Uppsala University, Sweden, and entourage(jpg file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 04.21 | 
			US | 
			Liu receives He Qiu Mei-yu, member of US office of Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission(jpg file)(bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 04.21 | 
			Vietnam | 
			Liu receives 6-member delegation led by The-Tioi Le from Danang City's Foreign Affairs Dept and University of Danang (jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			6 | 
		
		
			| 04.11 | 
			France | 
			Lu banquets Jacques Moisan, chief supervisor, Ministry of Education, France , and entourage | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			4 | 
		
		
			| 04.08  | 
			US | 
			Huei-Wen Hsu, chief of Cultural Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago, banquets 14 educational chiefs from the states of Indiana and Michigan (bmp file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			14 | 
		
		
			| 04.08 | 
			France | 
			Cao Pei-lin , Cultural Councilor of BICER, receives Marc Gontard, president of University of Rennes II , France | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 04.07 | 
			Canada | 
			Liu receives Line DUBE, director of International Affairs, College of Technology, University of Montreal, Canada (bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| March | 
		
		
			| 03.28 | 
			Canada | 
			Cao receives mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and entourage(bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			8 | 
		
		
			| 03.28 | 
			US | 
			Cao banquets Byron Green, head of Human Resources, Clark County, Nevada, USA and Robert Gerye, and entourage(bmp file)(bmp file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 03.27 | 
			Japan | 
			Liu banquets delegation of Japan students participating in The Fifth Taiwan Japan Exchange Youth Scholarship Program | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			30 | 
		
		
			| 03.25 | 
			Ukraine | 
			Minister Tu banquets Andrei, president of a foundation in Ukraine(jpg file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 03.24 | 
			Japan | 
			Cao receives director of Admissions, Hiroshima University, Japan, and entourage(bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 03.21 | 
			Finland | 
			Lu receives Sinikka Hurskainen, MP of Finland, and entourage | 
			Visiting | 
			4 | 
		
		
			| 03.19 | 
			Belgium | 
			Tu receives Alain Destexhe, Senator of Belgium, and entourage(jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 03.17 | 
			Malaysia | 
			Chu Nan-hsien, director of the ministry's Social Education Department receives Ngee-Meng Quek, head of Lifelong Learning Corps, Malaysian Chinese Association, and entourage(bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			4 | 
		
		
			| 03.17 | 
			US | 
			Liu receives Adam Clayton Powell, vice president, International Affairs, University of Southern California | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 03.13 | 
			US | 
			Liu receive 10-member delegation of Nevada State Councilors, USA(bmp file) | 
			Visiting | 
			10 | 
		
		
			| 03.12 | 
			New Zealand | 
			Cao receives Robyn McCollum, Manager of International Marketing, Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand(bmp file) | 
			Visiting  | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 03.11 | 
			Germany | 
			Liu receives Prof Gunter Schubert, University of Tubingen, Germany(jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 03.07 | 
			Latin America | 
			Lu banquets 13 representatives attending Seminar on Education Reform for Latin America and Caribbean Region | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			13 | 
		
		
			| 03.07 | 
			Lithuania | 
			Lu receives Virginija Budiene, Vice Minister of Education and Science , Lithuania , and entourage | 
			Visiting | 
			3 | 
		
		
			| 03.05 | 
			Japan | 
			Liu receives Itomura Shosuke, president of Okinawa National College of Technology, Japan, and entourage | 
			Visiting | 
			3 | 
		
		
			| 03.04 | 
			Canada | 
			Liu banquets Rosaline Kwan, deputy representative of Canadian Trade Office in Taipei(bmp file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			3 | 
		
		
			| February | 
		
		
			| 02.25 | 
			Japan | 
			Cao receives 2 directors from The Asian-Pacific Children's Convention in Fukuoka , Japan | 
			Visiting | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 02.27 | 
			Australia | 
			Lin banquets Prof Nicolas Peterson, Archeology and Anthropology, Australian National University(bmp file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 02.22 | 
			Japan | 
			Cao receives threee persons from Tokyo Marine Risk Consultancy, Japan , and entourage | 
			Visiting | 
			3 | 
		
		
			| 02.20 | 
			Japan | 
			Lu receives director of Association for Educational Exchange between Japan and Taiwan(jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 02.15 | 
			Canada | 
			Liu banquets Jean-Jacques Van Vlaselaer, associate professor of Carleton University, Canada(bmp file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			1  | 
		
		
			| January | 
		
		
			| 01.30 | 
			Japan | 
			Tu is interviewed by Yakushiji, editor-in-chief of a monthly of The Asahi Shimbun, and Katsuyuki(jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 01.28 | 
			Korea/ 
			South African/ 
			Bulgaria | 
			Lu is interviewed by international news media | 
			Visiting | 
			6 | 
		
		
			| 01.18 | 
			Thailand | 
			Chang Chin-sheng, chief of BICER, receives Dr Thep Phongparnich, president of Maejo University, Thailand, and entourage(jpg file) | 
			Visiting | 
			2 | 
		
		
			| 01.17 | 
			Philippines | 
			Tu receives Hector Navasero, chairman of Philippine Southeast Asia Baseball Association and Philippine Baseball Associati(jpg file)on | 
			Visiting | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 01.16 | 
			Australia | 
			Chang banquets Prof Bruce Jacobs, Monash University, Australia(jpg file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			1 | 
		
		
			| 01.09 | 
			Vietnam | 
			Chang banquets Viet-Dung Le, vice president of Can Tho University, Vietnam (jpg file) | 
			Invitation to banquet | 
			1 |