[9] Lee received early support from a coalition of civic groups and retained her legislative seat in 2008, again via proportional representation.

[10][11] Later that year, Lee left the Legislative Yuan and was appointed vice chairperson of the Financial Supervisory Commission.

[12] In May 2010, it was reported that Lee would be reassigned to a state-owned enterprise,[13] but she remained at the FSC and was reappointed to another term as vice chair in June 2012.

[16][17] Six months later, the Ministry of Finance named Lee chairperson of Taiwan Financial Holdings Group.

[20][21] In August 2016, Lee was named president of Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd., and won election to its board of directors in June 2017.