According to a 1996 survey by the Chinese Professional Management Association, Taipei, 75 % of Taiwanese firms investing in the mainland stated they had been involved in commercial disputes. The association's chairman, Chen Ming-chang, also said that in recent surveys in Shenzhen and Dongguan, this figure was over 60 %.
根據台北市企業經理協進會的調查，民國八十五年有七成五台商表示在大陸曾發生經貿糾紛，協進會理事長陳明璋指出，最近在深圳和東莞的調查數字也高達六成多。