The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of sugar refinery industry on the area development process in the Hualien between the 1900s and the 1920s.
Kada Kinzaburo was a pioneer in the area development in Hualien. The Government-General of Taiwan disposed to him two huge government lands. However, the farmland which his company cultivated was only a small area.
Three governmental immigrant villages were surrounded by farmlands which were cultivated by sugar companies. These villages and the farmlands became part of the restricted zone for raw material collection and helped in the progression of the area development.
