There must also be movement toward upstream R & D and innovation, as well as downstream marketing and distribution. Currently, Taiwan spends only about 2.05 % of its GDP on R & D, or only US $ 6.6 billion. This is far behind the US $ 18.5 billion that Korea spends.
目前台灣每年的研發經費只佔 GDP 的百分之二．○五，金額僅六十六億美元，和南韓的一百八十五億美元差距甚遠。