He returned to his native Taiwan after it was recovered from Japanese occupation in 1945, and after working as a government employee for three years, he began to engage in cultivation of the two crops that were later to bring him recognition.
在外地服務滿一年後，周重義返回台灣做了三年的公務員，後來他又再度回家承繼父業，並專事種植綠竹筍和柑橘，直到今日。