Ye notes that there are now about 400 children of Taiwanese expatriates in Dongguan who attend school in the mainland. Greater than half attend mainland China's regular elementary and secondary schools, while the more affluent Taiwanese send their children to private schools for expatriate children.
葉宏燈說，目前東莞約有四百名台商子弟在大陸唸書，百分之四十的孩子念大陸一般中小學，經濟情況較好的台商則通常送孩子到香港子弟學校或外商子弟學校。