Taking new functions slowly: In fact, using Taiwan's pivotal position among 'rice-eating cultures' is not an idea that originates with the MOEA. "Many foreign companies have been quietly evaluating and even moving forward on this idea," says Wen C. Ko, who after hearing of Plan ROC stepped forward voluntarily to help the MOEA explore the reactions of foreign businesses.
事實上，利用台灣做為「食米文化圈」的樞紐地位，並不是經濟部的突發奇想，「許多外商已經在默默評估、默默進行了」，聽到 ROC 計畫後，自願主動幫經濟部去試探外商反應的柯文昌指出。