陳中和為日治時期高雄首富，高雄市在日治時期逐漸形成以工業為 主的大都市，但綜觀陳中和家族在日治時期的產業發展，投資雖然相當 多樣，但主導產業仍是以農產製造工業為主的製糖、製鹽、碾米，以及 土地開發，與日治高雄時期許多新式產業無關。 陳中和家族日治時期的發展，可約略分為三階段：（一）1895年 至1923年，此時陳中和成功設立新興製糖及烏樹林製鹽，並參與許多全 島性及高雄市的投資，奠定陳中和家族的經濟基礎。（二）1923年至 1930年，陳中和家族以土地投資為主，對於當時高雄市日商主導的新式 企業，亦由陳啟峰為代表多所投資，但均非主導。（三）1930年至1945 年，因陳中和過世，投資不多，其主要產業亦因戰爭關係被政府強迫併 購。 從陳中和家族在日治時期發展看來，仰賴傳統製糖、製鹽、碾米等 起家之臺商，面對產業之變化，雖然受限於政府將大型工業交由日資大 財團主導的政策，但本身亦似乎無意應變，相較於後期因新興產業活躍 之臺商，日治初期臺籍富商的投資取向，亦值得討論。

Mr. Chung-Ho Cheng is the wealthiest merchant in Kaoshuing during Japanese rule, during which period Kaoshuing gradually became an industrial city.Although Chen’s family invested extensively, they still focused on agricultural industries such as sugar making, salt making, rice, and land developments, and had stayed away from many of the new industires cropping up in the city at the time. The rise of Chen’s family during Japanese rule could be divided into three stages：the first stage starts from 1895 to 1923, when Chung-Ho Chen successfully set up Hsing-Hsing Sugar factory and Wu Shu Ling salt factory, and participated in various business projects both in Kaoshuing and around the island, setting the foundation of Chen’s family wealth；the second stage is from the year 1923 to 1930, when the Chen family invested mostly in land, although family member Chi-Feng Chenalso involved in various new industries started by Japanese merchants, the family was not in any way paly a dominant role；the third stage starts from the year 1930 to 1945, during which period Mr. Chung-Ho Chen passed away and the family made very limited investments, most of their factories were also forcibly acquire! d by the government due to the war. What the Chen family experienced during the Japanese rule also reflects the rise of many Taiwan merchants who made their fortune by traditional sugar, salt and rice factories. Facing the industrial change, they were limited by the government policy of favoring Japanese conglomerates and had no ability to adapt. Comparing with the Taiwan merchants active in the later Japanese colonial period, the investment preference of the early Taiwan merchants is also worth a deeper study.

高雄；陳中和；產業

Kaoshuing；Chung-Ho Chen；Industry