Fortunately, after a negative economic growth rate of 2.18 % in 2001, last year Taiwan's economy grew by 3.5 %, and in the past two months industrial output has risen by 9 % --a record in recent years.
所幸在前年經濟成長率重挫百分之二・一八後，去年已回升為成長百分之三・五，今年前兩月的工業生產年增率更高達百分之九，創下了近幾年來最好的紀錄。