Purely from an economic perspective, direct links between the two sides would be of great benefit to the estimated 60,000 Taiwanese firms with operations in the PRC. It is estimated that cross-strait shipping costs would fall by 60 % on average. An air journey from Taipei to Shanghai would be reduced from the current seven hours (stopping over in Hong Kong or Macao) to 90 minutes.
純以經濟角度而言，兩岸若能三通，對在大陸設廠的六萬多家台商將是一大利多，估計平均海運成本可節省六成以上，如果搭機從台北到上海，則可從七小時大幅縮減到一個半小時。