Chiang says that this is because, as the NT dollar appreciated and traditional industries found it impossible to survive at home, a new batch of high-tech industries took their place, so that the departure of traditional industries did not have a very deleterious impact in Taiwan.
江丙坤指出，這是因為在台幣升值、傳統產業無法生存之時，台灣還有一批新的產業──高科技產業升起，因此傳統產業出走對台灣影響不大。