Once, in the product display room of the former Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone, a visitor from Latin America pointed to the historical products section and said, “Hey! I had one of those portable stereos when I was young!” Ting Shih-te, who has worked at the Kaohsiung Branch of the Export Processing Zone Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs for over 20 years, replied, “Yes! That was made in Taiwan and shipped from our export processing zone right here.”