In addition, recently the government has been strongly pursuing entry into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, has applied to host the Asian Games, and is laying out plans to turn Taiwan into an "Asia-Pacific Regional Operations Center." A key factor in whether or not these ideas can succeed is cross-strait relations.
另方面，政府近年大力推動台灣加入關貿總協、申辦亞運、籌設亞太營運中心，而能否成功，很大的關鍵也在兩岸關係。