"The impact of WTO membership on the publishing industry in Taiwan will play itself out gradually, over a long period of time," says Ho Fei-peng, general manager of Cite Publishing. Even if cultural industries are open to outside competition, he argues, there is still the question of whether foreign companies can adapt to local conditions and tastes.
「WTO 對台灣的出版業只有長期、漸進的加速效果，沒有立即的影響，」城邦文化事業總經理何飛鵬指出，文化產業就算開放，仍存在著「能否移動」的問題。