Looking just at cell phones, last year the mainland market was already five times larger than the Taiwan market. Because many mainland consumers get subsidies from the state one way or another, mainland cell phones have the latest styles and functions. The Tianjin factory of the US company Motorola has already become that firm's golden-egg-laying goose.
以手機來說，去年大陸手機市場規模是台灣的五倍，由於消費者多半領有各式各樣的公家補貼，因此大陸手機款式既新、功能又強，美商摩托羅拉天津廠，已成為摩托羅拉集團裡的金母雞。