Economic Strategies
| 1950s | In Pursuit of Stability and Self-sufficiency |
| Introducing economic planning in 1953 after the completion of postwar rehabilitation | |
| Implementing a land-reform program, stimulating agricultural production, and promoting economic stability | |
| Developing labor-intensive import-substituting industries to reduce the trade deficit | |
| 1960s | Expanding Exports of Light Industry |
| Encouraging saving, investment, and exports | |
| Introducing new agricultural products | |
| Establishing export-oriented industries and export-processing zones | |
| 1970s | Developing Basic and Heavy Industries |
| Improving infrastructural facilities and eliminating transport bottlenecks | |
| Establishing intermediate-goods industries | |
| Developing basic and heavy industries | |
| 1980s | Economic Liberalization and Technology-Oriented Development |
| Restructuring industrial production and expanding R&D spending | |
| Expanding domestic demand to improve the trade imbalance | |
| 1990s | Coping with Change and Setting New Priorities |
| Stepping up public investment and improving the investment climate | |
| Speeding up deregulation to increase national competitiveness | |
| Enforcing pollution controls and rationalizing land use to promote sustainable development | |
| Encouraging more balanced economic and social development to improve the quality of life | |
| Developing Taiwan into an Asia-Pacific Regional Operations Center | |
| 2000s | Taiwan as a "Green Silicon Island" |
| 2008 | Regenerating Taiwan's economic miracle i-Taiwan 12 Projects |
Source: Bureau of Foreign Trade, MOEA and Relevant National Statistics Offices