Pingtung Sugar Factory Introduction
In April 1907, the Taiwan Sugar Company acquired the Daito Sugar Company and turned it into the Alang Branch of the Taiwan Sugar Company, selecting to establish it in Guelai Village, Alang District. In November, the factory construction was completed and began sugar production. After the war, in 1950, it was transformed into the Pingtung Sugar Factory of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation, which continues to this day. During the peak of the sugar industry, seventy-five percent of the country's foreign exchange came from the sugar industry's output, with the Pingtung Sugar Factory being the largest producer. The Alang Sugar Factory became the company's site after the Kiaozi Head Sugar Factory during the Japanese colonial period. The construction of the sugar factory witnessed the rise of Pingtung City, making it the core of the Pingtung Plain.
