In September 1998, while the industry was still reeling from the effects of the Asian financial crisis, construction began of the long-planned specialist industrial parks in Yunlin and Changhua Counties. These were the peak of the large investments made in Taiwan's textile industry over recent years.
民國八十七年九月，在東亞金融風暴尚未平息之際，籌備多時的雲林絲織專業區與彰化人纖加工絲專業區相繼動土，是近年來台灣紡織業擴大投資風潮中的最高點。