The United States, the world's leading technological powerhouse, unveiled its National Nanotechnology Initiative in 2001. To date it has already invested more than US $ 1 billion in it. Meanwhile, the ROC plans to invest NT $ 23 billion from 2003 to 2008 to raise the level of nanotech production in Taiwan.
二○○一年，身為全球科技龍頭的美國率先發展國家奈米計畫，迄今已投入不下十億美元，而我國政府擬定的「奈米國家型計畫」，也預計在二○○三年至二○○八年間，投入兩百三十多億元台幣，全面提升產業奈米化程度。