Although low land and labor costs are Dongguan's main attractions, Taiwan firms also choose the locale for the networks of people and producers that have been built up among Taiwanese in Dongguan over the last ten years. These two kinds of networks, says H.D. Yeh-who served as TBAD's president for two terms-were instrumental in creating the "Taiwanese economic miracle."
但大量台商聚居於東莞，還是因為十數年來東莞建立起的台商產業及人際網絡，這也是曾任東莞台商投資企業協會第二、三屆會長的葉宏燈口中「創造台灣經濟奇蹟」的兩把鑰匙。