Last year the R.O.C. 's textile exports came to US $ 5,000 million, about one fourth of the ROC's total exports. The industry's importance can also be seen from the fact that it employs 400,000 people.
工業的進步，使許多國家都朝重工業與精密工業發展，所需資金、設備、技術… … 均十分可觀，而產製成品的價值也非常高。