Formerly, there was vigorous competition among local districts for industrial development projects; nowadays, however, many cities and towns will try to avoid consideration for such projects, or will even oppose them, as the citizens of Lukang did duPont's attempt to build a plant near their town.
過去，因工業區能帶來就業機會，每當政府宣佈將成立一個工業區，就有很多縣市來爭取；現在，大家則考慮到工業可能帶來的汙染，而避之不及。最近發生的「杜邦事件」，就是鹿港居民反對在他們居住環境附近設立工業區的一個例子。