In 2003, cities and counties in southern Taiwan competed to win a bid to host an environmental technology zone. Kaohsiung County's Benchou Industrial Zone beat out the competition. Almost 70 % of the 208 hectares to be used in the project were sitting idle.
2003 年，南部各縣市積極爭取環保科技園區一案，由高雄縣立的本洲工業區雀屏中選，當時 208 公頃的土地近 7 成閒置。