Knowledge-based industries "We cannot continue to be a value-added economy. We must innovate using people from all over the world, and we must provide innovators with an entrepreneurial environment." Chen further stated that Taiwan must move in the direction of building its own brand names. These brand names need not be consumer oriented-Taiwan Semiconductor, Evergreen and Trend, for example, have all built brands for themselves in industrial circles.
知識產業化「加工型經濟不能再走下去，我們需要創新，利用全球人才，提供創新者在台灣創業的環境，」台大教授陳添枝說，發展自有品牌是台灣必須走的路，自有品牌不一定是消費性的，也可以是 TSMC（台積電）、EVERGREEN（長榮）、TREND（趨勢科技）等製程、防毒軟體的工業性自有品牌。