"These studies are an international duty, as well as something the industry needs," argues Hsueh Jui-yuan, director of the DOH's Bureau of Medical Affairs. Hsueh says that Taiwanese cannot forever sit back and enjoy the fruits of other people's labor, drawing on European and American research while stinting on our own.
「這是國際義務，也是產業所需，」衛生署醫事處長薛瑞元指出，我們不能永遠坐享其成，只揀歐美國家的研究成果，自己卻吝於投入研究。