But the mainland has been isolated from the rest of the world for more than 30 years, and therefore is backward in industrial production. Its major exports are raw materials and labor-intensive products of low quality, while Taiwan exports semi-finished and finished products.
但大陸與自由世界隔絕了卅年，進步也停滯了卅年，因此工業相當落後，多輸出農、礦原料品與相當粗糙的輕工業產品；自由中國台灣則多輸出加工後的半成品或成品，且已逐步走向資本與技術密集的高品質產品。