In introducing the government's "Go South" investment policy in 1990, former economic affairs minister P.K. Chiang noted: "The heart of the world's economy is gradually shifting to Asia. Moreover, the fastest growing economies in Asia are those of China, the members of ASEAN, and, in the future, Vietnam."
一九九○年代，前經濟部長江丙坤推動南向政策時曾說：「世界的經濟重心逐漸轉移到亞洲，而亞洲經濟成長最快速的地區，一為東協，一為中國，將來則是越南。」