The group invested NT $ 600 billion in the Sixth Naphtha Cracker complex, which today boasts annual output of over NT $ 1 trillion, and Wang, still vigorous at 80, continued pushing plans to branch out into electronics, autos, steel making, power plants, and biotech.
六輕石化工業區投資總額達 6 千億元台幣，產值則超過一兆元，而當時已年過 80 的王永慶，仍以其旺盛的生命力持續推動大型的投資計劃，繼之前的教育、醫療、電子業等多角化經營，又跨入汽車產業、大煉鋼廠、大發電廠、生物科技、養生村等。