Rice wine is in fact more than just a favorite cooking wine: it is also a popular tipple among lower-income drinkers. For the government, the main consideration in the confusion over current policy is how to cater to the needs of the general public while setting the scene for forthcoming changes in taxation. It is a problem that the government must rapidly solve before Taiwan accedes to the WTO.
事實上，米酒不只是民眾喜愛的料理用酒，也是許多中低收入者的飲用酒，如何顧及大眾需求，同時反映稅率變化，正是政府此次政策生變的考量重點，也是政府在即將加入世界貿易組織前，必須儘快解決的問題。