Though Taiwanese businessmen went to mainland China for the cheap labor, their raw materials, semi-finished products, machinery, and key parts (such as the shafts for motorcycle engines, or the leather needed for the shoe industry) all rely on uninterrupted supplies from Taiwan.
台商雖然去大陸設勞力密集的組裝廠，但組裝所需的原物料、半成品、機器設備和關鍵零組件（譬如機車內部的引擎傳動軸，或是製鞋業所需的皮革鞋材等等），則要仰賴台灣源源不絕的供應。