Seventy-eight percent of this trade went to Southeast Asia. "Southeast Asia has many successful overseas Chinese businessmen. With our common ties of language and culture plus geographical proximity, it's natural that the area would be our biggest market and that we would have a large market share," says Chang P'eng of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission.
「這是因為東南亞有許多事業成功的華僑，基於血緣、地緣和語言的便利，自然成為我們最大的市場，我們在當地也有很高的佔有率」，致力推廣華僑與祖國貿易關係、曾兩次舉辦「海外青年整廠輸出研討會」的僑務委員會第三處處長張鵬解釋。