The Chinese enthusiasm for work has helped the Republic of China on Taiwan, with a land area that ranks 127th in the world in terms of size (and two thirds of which is mountainous), become 39th in the world in GNP and 11th in the world in exports in a period of less than 40 years.
也就是這種工作熱，使得這個面積佔世界第一二七位（且三分之二為山地）的小島，在卅多年來，國家總生產量 GNP 躍升到世界第卅九位；位居世界第十一位出口貿易國家，勇奪近廿項產業的金牌。