Lee Wen-kuei, a county legislator at the time, explains that then-premier Sun Yun-hsuan personally inspected Kuanyin following these disasters and instructed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to set up an industrial zone in the coastal area near Kuanyin. As a result, Kuanyin Rural Township hopped on board Taiwan's train to prosperity, transforming this quiet little agricultural region into the largest industrial township in northern Taiwan.
當時任縣議員的李文貴指出，行政院長孫運璿為此親臨觀音視察，並指示經濟部開發觀音沿海地區，成立專屬工業區。自此，觀音鄉搭上台灣經濟起飛的列車，由綠色的農業小鎮，轉向北台灣最大的工業鄉鎮邁進。