A major impetus for this policy change is that, following Taiwan's accession to the WTO, in accordance with the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services and in keeping with the spirit of free competition in the global market, Taiwan is obliged to facilitate the cross-border movement of company personnel.
此次政策性放寬，著眼點在於台灣加入 WTO 後，依據「服務業貿易總協定」的規範，須方便跨國企業人員流動，以符合全球市場自由競爭精神。