In spite of the two global oil crises, Taiwan chalked up an impressive 9.2 % annual growth rate between 1952 and 1980. Perhaps the only comparable performance elsewhere has been that achieved by mainland China during the past two decades.
綜合民國四十一年到六十九年，儘管受到二次全球性石油危機的衝擊，台灣仍創下二十八年間平均經濟成長率百分之九．二的傲人記錄；環顧全球，大概只有中國大陸近二十年來的飛躍成長可差堪比擬。