According to the National Science Council, Taiwan businesses in 1989 invested just 0.8 percent of their operating revenues in R & D, far behind the figures for the United States and Japan. The R & D investment ratio of our private and government sectors is also lower than that of South Korea.
根據國科會的統計，民國七十八年我國企業投入研發的經費僅佔其營業比率的百分之○．八，落後美、日甚多，企業與政府研發投入的比例，也遠低於韓國。