Many of the Taiwanese businesspeople surveyed described the city government's "cost sharing" practice as a serious problem: they reported having been pressured by administrative agencies and officials to make "voluntary" contributions for all sorts of purposes.
許多台商接受調查時表示，東莞的「攤派」問題嚴重，他們都曾在行政機關和幹部要求下，「自願」且「無償」地給予各種名目的不樂之捐。