Ma Nan-hsien, director of planning and evaluation at the National Science Council, says that heavy investment in R & D is a prerequisite for successful national development in the modern world, and that the United States, Japan and Germany would never have become the powers they are today if they had been stingy on investment.
國科會企劃處長馬難先指出，大量投入研發是現代化國家發展成功的條件，過去美、日、德就都不吝投資，才有今天的國力。