"To upgrade, manufacturers must extend themselves toward the two ends of the smile curve-upstream R & D and downstream marketing," points out the MOEA's Shih. Domestic firms are generally in agreement on the need for this ongoing structural transformation, which has been called the most important in Taiwan in the last 50 years. (See the interview accompanying this article.)
「為求升級，製造業必須要往微笑曲線的兩端──上游研發與下游的品牌行銷──延伸，」施顏祥指出，這次產業結構的轉型，堪稱台灣經濟發展近五十年來最重要的變革，在國內產業界間也已獲得高度共識。