With numerous industries shifting their manufacturing operations offshore, Taiwan's flat panel makers are naturally moving to China as well. However, restricted by government policies, most of their China factories are mainly focused on assembly. The technologically more demanding front-end processes remain in Taiwan.
而在眾多產業外移潮中，面板業者自然也紛紛前進大陸，只不過受限於政策，在大陸的廠房多以組裝為主，技術門檻高的前段製程都仍留在台灣。