Large scale ROC investment began in 1970, mostly in small-scale industry (food processing, plastics), moving to textiles and processing in the 80's.
馬來西亞貿易及工業部長拉菲達亞茲表示，我國廠商自一九七○年起大量赴馬投資，初期以小型工業較多，主要投資行業是食品加工、塑膠、電器等；八○年以後集中在紡織、加工業，一九八七年在馬國投資金額，次於日本、新加坡。