The biggest change of all is provided by the opening of approximately 2,000 light industrial establishments, of them 100 have investments of more than NT $ 10 million (US $ 280,000) and 300 more than NT $ 5 million (US $ 140,000).
政府於民國四十多年，把板橋劃為輕工業區，影響所及，工業成為今日板橋大部分居民的生活憑藉。二千多家工廠散佈在板橋市區內，資本額在五百萬元以上的有三百多家，一千萬元以上的也達一百多家。