A Great Economic Powerhouse: "Taichung's economic power derives from its concentration of medium and small enterprises," points out architect C. S. Mu. Taichung city and its consumer heartland of Taichung, Changhua and Nantou counties have Taiwan province's highest concentration of medium and small enterprises, some 14,000 according to CETRA, nearly one-third of the whole province's manufacturing industries.
「台中的經濟實力來自密集的中小企業」，建築師穆樁松指出，台中市及其消費腹地的台中、彰化、南投三縣是全省中小企業最密集的地區，根據外貿協會統計，約一萬四千家，幾近全省製造業廠家的三分之一。