Because of past limitations, "the upper stream has been wrapped up in teaching and research, out of touch with the two levels below; the midstream has had to rely on technology transfer, which means key technologies have remained in the hands of other countries; and the lower stream has been stuck at the level of processing and packaging."
過去環境的侷限，使我們「上游忙著教書，研究則與中、下游脫節；中游只好依賴技術轉移，關鍵技術卻捏在他國手上；下游也只能停留在裝配、加工的層次」。