Chao says that Taiwan's natural climate is well suited to silkworm cultivation. In the Japanese era, the "mulberry cultivation center" at the agricultural extension station located in Taipei's Kongkuan district stood at the heart of Taiwan's sericulture industry. Later relocated to Miaoli's Kongkuan Township, the MDARES has ensured that Taiwan continues to have the best silkworm technologies and varieties.
趙裕展表示，台灣風土氣候極適合養蠶，日據時代養蠶重鎮在台北公館農事試驗場中的「桑苗養成所」（蠶業改良場前身），後來才轉移到苗栗縣公館鄉，至今最好的技術和蠶種都留在台灣。