The initial five “pillar industries” that the Tsai administration have are singing to a similar tune. Opportunities in the Internet of Things, Biomedical, Green Energy, Smart Machinery, and Defense. Later added were high-value agriculture and the circular economy. The government is counting on the program to spur innovation, create well-paid job opportunities. Green growth represents an opportunity to pursue both environmental and economic goals without abandoning one pursuit of one for the other.