An increasing number of Taiwanese businessmen operating in China, known locally as 'taishang, ' have been heading home like schools of salmon to launch new investment projects. The 'salmon' have opted to return to Taiwan because of rising labor costs and the drastically changing labor market situation in China, better Taiwan-China relations, and much more convenient cross-strait transportation links. To cope with this trend, the government has come up with an overall strategy aimed at attracting taishang investment of NT$40 billion a year, compared to the NT$34 billion posted in 2009. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has also announced that it will offer customized assistance to Taiwanese companies that intend to return and invest at home. In addition to creating a friendly and efficient environment for investment, the government should set goals and strategies of its own in its efforts to lure the 'returning salmon.' The government should also be choosy about whom it accepts, rather than allow all comers. Priority should be given to those industries that would provide benefits to Taiwan society, that would help upgrade Taiwan's industrial structures and that would generate higher added value. Green industries and emerging high-tech industries, for example, would fall under this category. High-polluting, low-tech and low added value industries that moved out of Taiwan some 20 years ago should not be allowed in again. The government should not consider setting up 'special zones' to facilitate the taishang's relocation or allow them to use Chinese or other imported labor. (June 20, 2010) 