In view of labor shortages and rising raw material costs, Taiwanese firms have scaled back their profitability expectations. Remarkably, however, Taiwanese businesses continue to flock to Dongguan. Despite the serious SARS outbreak in 2003, Taiwanese investment in Dongguan has continued to grow.
人力短缺，原物料上漲，台商保守地降低獲利預期，弔詭的是，近兩年台商卻仍不斷湧入東莞，即使是 SARS 大規模流行的二○○三年，台商投資金額和家數仍呈現正向成長。