Indeed, indicators of economic freedom and competitiveness compiled by the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the World Economic Forum, and others show that Taiwan’s relative ranking has stagnated or even declined on Chen’s watch. This stands in sharp contrast to the communist mainland, which has reinvented itself to become one of world’s more open, competitive, and dynamic economies.
事实上，由遗产基金会、卡托协会、世界经济论坛和其他一些组织所编制的反映经济自由度和竞争力的指数显示，台湾相关的排名在陈执政期间停滞不前甚至是倒退了。这与共产党统治的大陆地区形成了鲜明的对比，后者已把自己树立成世界上更为开放、有竞争力和活力的经济体之一。