Good neighbors Even before the government began promoting southward investment, Taiwan firms were already moving overseas in droves. As P.K. Chiang explains, "The government stepped in to play an advisory role, providing information, to avoid leaving Taiwan companies entirely on their own." This was also the reason behind the establishment of industrial zones abroad.
早在政府推動南向之前，台商已紛紛到海外投資，「政府扮演輔導、提供資訊的角色，避免台商孤獨無靠，」江丙坤說，設立工業區的想法亦同，台商單獨前往投資，不如政府提供一個地方方便大家。