[1] In April 2008, after the news that Huang Fu-yuan, the Director of Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) North Branch, allegedly committed bribery by handing out NT$20 million to ensure his promotion to the position of Vice President of Taipower, Economic Affairs Minister Steve Chen for the first time admitted in the Legislative Yuan that it was Chen Chin-jun who recommended Huang and that also many people were in support of the appointment.

The Taipei District Court ruled that Chen, former Veteran Affairs Commission Secretary-General Cha Tai-chen and then deputy defense minister Hu Chen-pu had accepted donations from RPTL International, Ltd., a company that the VAC owned.

The money was used to fund four legislative candidates, Yu Tian, Lin Yu-fang, Huang Chung-yung, and Kao Chin Su-mei.

[3][4] Ko Wen-je named Chen a deputy mayor of Taipei in February 2016, to replace Chou Li-fang, who had resigned.

[7] Opinion polls showed that Chen had a low approval rating,[8][9] and the Democratic Progressive Party eventually nominated Su Tseng-chang.