According to Shen Shih-chieh of National Taiwan University's department of zoology, the postwar emphasis on economic development has led to a neglect of the study of the basic sciences, which include taxonomy (the differentiation of species).
台灣大學動物系教授沈世傑說，由於光復以來大家致力經濟發展，也有很好的成果，但過程中，卻也忽略了無法立竿見影的基礎科學，分類學（辨認自然物的身分）也是其中之一。