台湾省人口约1700万,由于生活水平较低,工资低廉,劳动时间又较西方国家长,在西方人士看来,台湾有着无限的潜在人力。台湾约有100个机床制造厂,一般都生产中等水平的机床,绝大部分都是仿造西方国家的名牌产品。但英国机床业代表Arthur Astrop亲自访问台湾后发现,台湾机床工业最近有了惊人的发展,即使日本也望而生畏。81年4月,在台 The population of Taiwan is about 17 million. Due to the low standard of living and low wages, the working time is longer than that of Western countries. In the eyes of Westerners, Taiwan has unlimited potential human resources. There are about 100 machine tool manufacturers in Taiwan. They generally produce medium-level machine tools. Most of them are counterfeit brand products in Western countries. However, after the British machine tool industry representative Arthur Astrop personally visited Taiwan, he discovered that the Taiwan machine tool industry has recently made amazing progress, even though Japan is also daunting. April 81, Taiwan