Unlike the US, Europe, and Japan, where the industry is booming, Taiwan only began opening up the meteorological business to the private sector three years ago. Since then a range of value-added products has been developed, although the industry still lags behind other countries by some 20 years.
相較於美國、歐洲、日本的蓬勃發展，台灣遲至 3 年前才開放讓民間從事氣象預報，以及各種天氣加值產品的開發，天氣產業的發展腳步較國外晚了近 20 年。