Since visits to relatives on the mainland have been allowed, the fervent exchanges of various commodities, household appliances, food stuffs and so on, has been like a gushing tap with the mainland satisfying orders received from Taiwan. Sensingan opportunity, the matchmaking companies immediately expanded their services to become matchmakers across the Straits.
開放探親以後，兩岸民間往還日趨熱絡，百貨、家電、食品…… 等行業因應兩岸交流的招數，像「台灣下單，大陸提貨」等紛紛出籠；嗅覺靈敏的婚姻仲介業者也立刻擴展業務，牽起兩岸紅線。