"Taiwan's technology imports will not reach their peak until around the end of the year 2000," says Yang Shih-chien. He predicts that technology imports and exports will come into balance around the year 2010, at which point Taiwan will rank among the technologically developed nations.
「西元二千年底時，台灣才會達到科技輸入的高峰」，楊世緘評估，大約在二○一○年科技輸出入打平，台灣可以進入科技化國家之列。