So what have been the real returns on the large amounts of money poured into these local industries by government over these many years? Looking at comments that businesses volunteered to the Taiwan Design Center, six firms-including Wuan Chuang (a soy sauce producer) in Yunlin, the toymaker Kiddie's Paradise, and Maestro Wu's Steel Knives in Kinmen-showed sharply increased revenues compared to the period before they received advice.
這些政府長年關注的地方產業，在接受輔導後，成效如何？根據業者主動回報台創中心的資料顯示，其中僅有 6 家的營業額比輔導前成長許多，包括西螺丸莊醬油、玩具業的童心園、製作腳踏車零件的彰化成貫企業、金門鋼刀金合利等，比例並不算高。