Many advanced industrial countries entered the service era as early as 1960, when the percentage of the GNP accounted for by services surpassed that of industry by 10 percent. Taiwan's steps are still a little slower.
與國外比較，許多工業先進國家早在西元一九六○年就進入服務業時代，而台灣現在仍以工業為主，服務業腳步顯然遲緩許多。