In 1968, the government set aside some 260,000 hectares for Taiwan's indigenous peoples. About two-thirds of this amount was alpine forest, while another third was farmland and pasture. Only 50-60,000 hectares were on level ground, and of this portion, the 20,000 hectares with the potential for economic development were long ago acquired by Han Chinese business interests.
早在 1968 年就劃定的 26 萬公頃原住民保留地，2/3 屬山林地，1/3 是農牧用地，真正可利用的平地不過五、六萬公頃，而其中最有經濟開發價值的二萬多公頃，卻早已落入漢人財團手中。