The IC industry as a whole accounted for 4 % of Taiwan's total export earnings, "says Tung Lian-shen, director of the Division of Investment Services at the Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park Administration. Pointing out the sites of new factories on a map of the park, he adds:" Taiwan's industrial future will depend on semiconductors. "
整個 IC 產業，佔了台灣出口總值的百分之四」，科學園區管理局投資組組長董良生指著園區地圖上的新建廠房位置說道，「台灣未來的產業前景，就看半導體了。」