In the latter part of the 1980s Taiwan began liberalizing its economy. The pace of industrial restructuring quickened. Labor-intensive operations started migrating offshore, while industries here became increasingly capital- and technology-intensive.
一九八○年代後期，台灣邁向自由化，產業結構加速變遷，勞力密集產業外移，資本、技術密集產業所佔比重大增。