After Taiwan's return to Chinese rule, from the 1950s to the 1980s the ROC used forestry income to support its industrial development. The logging grounds advanced deep into Taiwan's heart, consuming even greater areas than under the Japanese.
一九五○至八○年代，國民政府以農林支持工業發展，林場深入台灣心臟，伐木面積較日據時代有過之而無不及。