The words "go south" appeared almost daily in all the major news media, and KMT-owned, state-owned and private enterprises all organized groups to investigate the investment climate in various Southeast Asian countries.
「南向」的字眼幾乎天天在各大媒體出現；從黨營、國營到民間企業，紛紛組團到東南亞各國考察投資環境。