As of last September, there were more than 4200 Taiwanese firms invested in the four countries hardest hit by the crisis--Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. Their investments totaled nearly US $ 32 billion, putting Taiwan among the top five foreign investors in each of these nations.
以金融風暴受害最烈的四國﹘﹘泰國、馬來西亞、菲律賓及印尼來說，根據地主國統計，截至去年九月底為止，台商企業共有四千二百多家，投資總額接近三百二十億美元，名列當地外資排名的前五名。