Pingtung Sugar Factory Introduction
In April 1907, Taiwan Sugar Company acquired the Great Eastern Sugar Company, designating it as the Alian Division of the Taiwan Sugar Company, which was established in Alian Township, Guailai Village. The construction of the factory was completed in November, and sugar production commenced. After the war, in 1950, it was rebuilt as Pingtung Sugar Factory, which continues to operate to this day. During the peak of the sugar industry, seventy-five percent of Taiwan's foreign exchange came from the sugar industry, with Pingtung Sugar Factory being the largest producer. The Alian Sugar Factory became the headquarters of the Taiwan Sugar Company after the Kiaozi Head Sugar Factory during the Japanese colonial period. The establishment of the sugar factory witnessed the rise of Pingtung City and made Pingtung the core of the Pingtung Plain.
