Gong Mingxin, deputy director of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, points out that as manufacturing costs on the mainland rise, most Taiwanese firms don't want to put all their eggs in one basket and are adopting a strategy of "China plus one." The expansion of these firms 'manufacturing base from the mainland to Southeast Asia is irreversible.
台灣經濟研究院副院長龔明鑫等學者指出，隨著大陸生產成本墊高，大多數台商會採取「雞蛋不要放在一個籃子裡」的「中國加一」策略，將生產基地從中國擴增到東南亞國家已成不可逆的趨勢。