On the economics front, Taiwan achieved average growth of over 8 % for much of the post-war period, catapulting it from conditions of stark poverty to sudden wealth. With the exception of the city states of Hong Kong and Singapore, which do not share Taiwan's agricultural background, Taiwan grew wealthy quicker than anywhere else in the world.
在經濟方面，從民國四十年到八十七年，三十多年的平均經濟成長率高達百分之八．四，從赤貧到暴富，除了香港和新加坡這兩個沒有農業背景的城市國家外，台灣致富的速度無疑是全球最快的。