Domestically, IT manufacturers, who tend to excel at seizing the initiative, were making plans to invest in China and market their goods there even before 1999's Chichi earthquake. When the earthquake rocked Taiwan, it reminded both Taiwanese businesspeople and their foreign clients of the wisdom of not having all their eggs in one basket, and accelerated the move to the mainland.
光看國內，在大陸磁吸效應下，善於搶佔先機的資訊業者，早已有了赴大陸投資、行銷的計畫；一九九九年九二一大地震，震得台灣元氣大傷，不管台商或是國外客戶，更有了「雞蛋不能放在同一個籃子裡」的覺醒，間接催化了高科技產業出走的腳步。