With private enterprises trying to break into previously prohibited markets, SREs have done little in the face of the changing situation. Schive Chi reveals the frustration the government feels when he says: "First implement liberalization, and allow other firms into the market. Only with competition will there be a stimulus to privatization."
民間極力衝撞原本封閉的市場，偏偏國營事業面對變局少有作為，在恨鐵不成鋼的心情下，「先實施自由化，開放其他業者進入市場；有了競爭，才能刺激民營化」，薛琦不諱言政府的苦心。