Trade surplus, technology deficit Yang explains Taiwan's situation in terms of "technology imports" and "technology exports." To look at the Japanese experience, Japan's imports of technology reached their peak in the 1970s. Japanese manufacturing firms went all-out to bring in the latest technology, and licensed large numbers of European and American patents.
楊世緘以「科技輸入」和「科技輸出」為指標來說明，例如一九七○年代是日本科技輸入的高峰，日本各大廠商卯足全力，從歐美國家大量引進最新的技術和專利授權。