After the 1997 ground breaking, the Benchou Industrial Zone found itself on a roller coaster ride. Its inauguration in 2000 coincided with the low point in Taiwan's economic downturn. Most industrial zones in Taiwan were depressed, and protests triggered by plant closures were all too common.
1997 年動土的本洲工業區一起步就注定命運多舛，2000 年落成時遭逢了國內經濟最低迷的時刻，全台工業區大多蕭條，關廠引發的抗爭不時可聞。