Among them was Morris Chang, who left his position as president of General Instrument Corporation to become the head of the Industrial Technology Research Institute in 1985, before going on to found Taiwan Semiconductor. Returning professionals like Chang laid the foundation on which Taiwan's high-tech industry arose.
包括 1985 年由美商通用儀器公司總裁任內回台擔任工研院院長、之後一手創立台積電晶圓代工王國的張忠謀在內，人才回流，為台灣高科技產業奠下了堅實的基礎。