When the nation began economic development, everything was exported in order to earn foreign currency. Not only did we count on cheap labor but also cut corners in the area of waste treatment from factories and such.
我國在開始發展經濟時，一切為出口、為賺外匯，不僅靠便宜的勞力，工廠廢水、廢料的處理也能省則省，環境汙染所產生的社會成本，實際上是由全體國民分擔。