Treasure chest In 1982 Hsinchu was upgraded to become a provincial municipality, separate from Hsinchu County, and this is one of the main reasons for the development bottleneck, now that there is little room for the city to expand.
民國七十一年新竹市升格為省轄市，與新竹縣分家，是造成舊市區腹地有限、又無法開發擴展新市區的發展困境主因之一。