Li Kuo-ting, the "godfather" of science and technology in Taiwan, also believes that the ten major development projects marked the shift in Taiwan from a focus on labor-intensive production to capital- and technology-intensive production. Technological development in Taiwan in fact began with Chiang Ching-kuo's proposals.
「台灣科技教父」李國鼎也認為，十大建設是台灣由勞力密集轉型到技術密集、資本密集的濫觴，台灣的科技發展其實始自經國先生的推動。