In the 1950s, when the ROC government used agriculture and forestry as the source of income to support Taiwan's industrial development, the logging grounds advanced even deeper into Taiwan's heart. Of the 300,000 hectares of commercial forest, false cypresses accounted for two-thirds of the area, and contributed 70-80 % of the income. Thus they made a substantial contribution to Taiwan's economic development.
一九五○年代，國民政府時代，以農林支持工業發展，林場更深入台灣心臟，在三十萬公頃經濟林中，檜木林就佔了三分之二，貢獻了七至八成的林業收入，對台灣經濟發展的貢獻不可謂不大。