Li Nian, a professor in the Department of Horticulture at National Taiwan University, has high praise for TSC's work in stimulating improvements in domestic moth orchid cultivation techniques. Still, he points out, "comparing their progress to that made in the private sector, TSC has not been as aggressive as Seiha. It takes ten signatures for a state-run enterprise like TSC just to make a decision."
台大園藝系教授李哖對台糖帶動起國內蝴蝶蘭的栽植技術，讚譽有加，但仍說：「比起民營企業作生意的腳步，台糖的機動性不如清波，國營事業作個決定得蓋十幾個章。」