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To urge rapid economic development and enable Taiwanese industrial growth, in 1966, the Government of Taiwan combined its free trade zones and industrial zones to form the Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone (EPZ): the world’s first-ever EPZ. Since its establishment, the Kaohsiung EPZ successfully expanded in foreign trade and investments, giving birth to new technologies and employment opportunities that drove Taiwan’s industrial and economic development. In 1969, two new EPZs in Nanzih and Taichung were founded. Phase I of Nanzih EPZ was completed in Apr. 1971. The main buildings at the entrance of Nanzih EPZ were designed by Haigo Shen & Partners. An Export Processing Zone Administration building located in the center features a neat, umbrella-esque porch. Beside the old Bank of Communications (Nanzih Branch) is Zhuangjing Hall, one of the highlights of Nanzih EPZ which boasts an elliptical sets record for cable-supported roofs, a remarkable engineering feat given the primitive computer technology at the time.

楠梓／經濟部加工出口區(楠梓園區)

1966年，中華民國政府為求經濟迅速發展，並期望產業進入下個階段的願景下，將自由貿易區與工業區結合，形成了世界上的第一個加工出口區－高雄加工出口區，創立後成功的拓展了對外貿易與外資進入，許多的新技術與就業機會油然而生，可謂創造台灣產業與經濟奇蹟的火車頭，而到了1969年更另外設立了楠梓與台中兩個新的園區。
1971年4月，楠梓園區第一期工程完工，入口處的主要建物設計乃交由沈祖海建築師事務所負責規劃，位於軸線正中間的經濟部加工出口區管理處，線條俐落的傘狀結構車寄為其特色，而左右兩側分別設置了造型類似的中國商銀楠梓分行與交通銀行楠梓分行(兩者後來合併為兆豐銀行)，在交通銀行一旁的莊敬堂為園區一大亮點，橢圓型式纜線支撐屋頂(Elliptical sets record for cable-supported roofs)在當時電腦輔助不發達的情況下，能創造出這樣的屋頂設計可謂一項工程經典。


文／黃則維、柳青薰
圖／高雄市政府文化局、高雄市立歷史博物館

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