In January 1973, five special silk production zones were set up with government support in the Miaoli, Nantou, Tainan, Pingtung and Taitung areas of Taiwan. The goal was to plant more mulberry trees, encourage farmers to engage in sericulture, and assist the establishment of modernized silk reeling factories as well as new systems of management.
六十二年元月，政府又在苗栗、南投、台南、屏東和台東五縣，輔導成立蠶業生產專業區五處，倡導平地旱田集中栽桑，鼓勵農民專業化養蠶，協建新型繅絲工廠，籌組生絲聯營，建立產制銷一貫經營的新型態。