Hsin Ping-lung cites the views of competitiveness guru Micheal Porter, who visited the ROC last year. Porter advocates upgrading existing industries, as Italy has done with its shoe industry. "They used to make cheap shoes; now they make high-grade shoes. With this approach workers can still learn the new technology.
辛炳隆以去年訪華的競爭力大師波特為例，波特推崇的是將固有產業升級，像義大利的鞋城那樣，「以前做廉價鞋，現在做高級鞋，這種轉型勞工還學得起來。