Taiwanese firms whose main business is exports have been welcomed with open arms by the inland provinces in recent years. They have been given favorable terms for doing business and have also benefited from lower labor costs than in the Pearl River Delta. This has encouraged quite a number of Taiwanese manufacturers to relocate inland.
而對於以出口為導向的東莞台商而言，近年來內地省份的熱情招手，開出優惠條件，再加上人力成本也比珠三角低上許多，的確吸引了部分製造業內移。