And what is the division of labor between the "Silicon Siblings"? Minister of State Yang Shih-chien, who currently guides the formation of Taiwan's high-tech industrial policy, describes it as "interdependence creating a single whole." Yang says, "Silicon Valley does basic research and creates standards for new products. Taiwan designs and builds these products, and then sells them back to the US market.
目前主導台灣科技產業政策的行政院政務委員楊世緘用「互有依賴，打成一片」來形容：「矽谷做基礎研發和創新、制訂新產品的規格和標準；台灣則負責設計、生產，再賣到美國市場去」，雙方環節緊扣，相輔相成。