Pingtung Sugar Factory Introduction
In April 1907, the Taiwan Sugar Manufacturing Co. acquired the Daito Sugar Co. and designated it as the A-Kong branch of the Taiwan Sugar Manufacturing Co., located in the Guailai Village of the A-Kong District. The construction of the factory was completed in November, and sugar production began. After the war, in 1950, it was transformed into the Pingtung Sugar Factory of the Taiwan Sugar Corporation, and it remains so to this day. During the peak of the sugar industry, 75% of the nation's foreign exchange was derived from sugar production, with the Pingtung Sugar Factory being the largest producer. The A-Kong Sugar Factory became the headquarters of the Taiwan Sugar Manufacturing Co. after the Kiaozi Sugar Factory during the Japanese rule, and its establishment witnessed the rise of Pingtung City, making Pingtung the core of the Pingtung Plain.
