Indeed, many local governments have spent a lot of energy trying to attract this kind of investment. Apart from providing jobs and improving the local economy (thus increasing the ability of local residents to pay taxes), it has also been hoped that new factories and businesses would directly bolster local government coffers.
各地方政府用力頗深的「招商引資」，便是看上廠商進駐後，除了帶動地方的就業與繁榮、間接提昇當地民眾的繳稅能力外，也該對「主人」的荷包有直接貢獻。