Particularly after 1980 capital needed for labor, land and environmental protection requirements rose precipitously and companies in the labor-intensive tire industry had no choice but to move their operations to China in an effort to seek out low-cost manufacturing opportunities.
尤其 1980 年以後，台灣的人力及土地、環保等成本飆漲，作為勞力密集產業的輪胎業，只好紛紛外移中國，企圖謀取低成本製造。