Ten years ago, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) set out to develop Taiwan into an Asia-Pacific regional center for precision machinery R & D, manufacturing and operations. In 2005, it designated the sector as Taiwan's third "star" industry; that is, an industry whose annual production value it hoped to double to NT $ 1 trillion by 2010.
經濟部在 10 年前將台灣機械業的發展，定位為亞太地區精密機械的研發、製造、營運中心；2005 年為了提升高科技產業競爭力，再提出第 3 個「兆元產業」願景，目標要將當年的台幣 5 千億元產值，倍數成長為 2010 年的 1 兆元。