Pingtung Sugar Factory Introduction
In April 1907, Taiwan Sugar Company acquired the Great East Sugar Company and established its branch at Alang, choosing to set it up in the Guilai Village of Alang Prefecture. By November, the construction of the factory was completed, and sugar production commenced. After the war, in 1950, it was reconstructed as the Pingtung Sugar Factory under Taiwan Sugar Corporation, which remains to this day. During the peak period of the sugar industry, seventy-five percent of the country's foreign exchange earnings came from the sugar industry, with the Pingtung Sugar Factory producing the most. The Alang Sugar Factory became the headquarters of Taiwan Sugar Company after the Kiat Tze Toe Sugar Factory during the Japanese colonial period, and its establishment witnessed the rise of Pingtung City, making Pingtung the core of the Pingtung Plain.
