When the ROC took over, government power returned to the Governor-General's Residence in Taipei, which became the Presidential Palace. Although Taipei remained the political and economic center, Kaohsiung remained as an important center of heavy industry.
國府時代，流亡政權暫借日本總督府棲身，台北仍是政經中心，但高雄做為重工業及製造業重鎮的地位卻益加穩固。