Chiang was then political vice minister at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and recalls that the most important job at that time was counseling firms to "upgrade," with companies working together under the guidance of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to develop new products and carry out technology transfer.
江丙坤還記得，那段時間他擔任經濟部政務次長，最重要的工作就是輔導廠商「產業升級」，由工研院主導，結合業者來做各種新產品的合作開發和技術轉移。