Due to the inconvenience of traveling back and forth between Belgium and Taiwan, Chen decided to move to Chinese side Guizhou Renhe when he accepted CTFA's invitation to play for the national team.

In January 2016, Chen returned to KV Mechelen, stating that he only wanted to play for a maximum of three years in China.

A few Chinese teams showed interest to sign him, but he ultimately decided to return to his country of birth.

The Chinese Football Association of the mainland had also made an attempt to recruit Chen three months after the CTFA did.

This marked the first time in 10 years that Chinese Taipei beat an opponent that was ranked in the FIFA top 150.