According to the Bureau of Entry and Exit in the Ministry of the Interior, no more than 100 children from the mainland came to Taiwan each year between 1984 to 1988, but the figure jumped to 246 in 1989 and to 513 in 1990.
據內政部入出境管理局統計，民國七十三到七十七年，來台的大陸小孩每年不超過一百人；七十八年跳增為二百四十六人；七十九年一年就有五百一十三人。