To meet this shortfall, Taiwanese IT firms are establishing R & D centers in the mainland even though Taiwan's government has yet to approve such ventures. In what is an open secret within the IT industry, firms have also been extending their feelers into universities all over the mainland, offering large scholarships and awards of all kinds to students there.
為了因應人才不足的窘況，儘管政府尚未開放業者赴大陸設立研發中心，然而幾乎所有的資訊業者都已在大陸建立研發灘頭堡，觸角深入大陸各重點大學，提供優渥的獎學金和各種獎項，這早已是業界公開的秘密了。