Labor-intensive industry is the main feature of the factories in the EPZs, and about 80 percent of workers are women. From the beginning, the Executive Yuan has paid special attention to labor management relations, workers 'welfare, and security measures in factories.
由於加工出口區內的工廠初期是以勞力密集工業為主，亦由於加工區內對於作業員工有一套完善的管理制度，行政院特別將它劃為「全國勞工行政示範區」，對於勞資關係、勞工福利、工廠安全…… 等特別的重視，並經常給予多種的輔導。