According to statistics of the Investment Review Committee of the MOEA, from 1987 to 1990, the total foreign and overseas Chinese investment in Taiwan reached US $ 8.3 billion. The growth rate in these five years exceeded 300 %. Compare this with Singapore's US $ 170 million.
據經濟部投資審議會統計，自民國七十五年至七十九年，來台投資的華僑及外商投資總額高達八十三億美元，這五年的成長率超過百分之三百，與新加坡的一億七千萬相比，差距將近五十倍。