At that time the government benefited from the far-sighted thinking of financial and economic experts such as Yin Chung-jung, Li Kuo-ting and Wang Yi-ting. They recognized early on that self-sufficiency was not an option for an island-type economy like Taiwan, and that external-oriented development was necessary. This meant that Taiwan needed urgently to bring in foreign investment while also expanding its export markets, in order to build up foreign exchange funds.
當時國民政府擁有一批包括尹仲容、李國鼎、汪彞定等人的財經智囊團，他們眼光長遠、思慮縝密，早早看出台灣這樣一個海島型經濟體，不可能自給自足，必須全力向外發展，一方面極力吸引外人來台投資，一方面大力拓展出口、賺取外匯。