Last year, for the first time, the government opened bidding for private firms to build and run power plants. However, President's bid was too high to win, and Kao felt regretful-- which is one reason why he turned to mainland China for the chance to invest in a power plant.
去年電廠首度開放民營，統一企業因出價太高沒有得標，高清愿不無遺憾，這也是他會轉向大陸尋求發電廠投資機會的原因之一。