In May 1976, Premier, now President Chiang Ching-kuo visited Sanyi to encourage the sculptors in their promotion of the local woodcarving art, and praise them for earning foreign exchange for the country.
近兩年，受到石油危機的衝擊，銷數稍微下降，不過情況還是很樂觀，以規模最大的百吉行為例，他們每年的外銷總額仍然高達二百五十萬元美金。