The Evergreen Group was founded in 1968 as a shipping company that owned a 15-yearold general cargo ship called "Central Trust".

Over the past 40 years, it has matured and expanded its business operations to cover all areas of sea, air and land transport. It owns Taiwan's first independent commercial aviation company and the nation's first chain of brand-name hotels. While it has expanded globally and diversified, the Evergreen Group has remained loyal to its founding principle, which states:"Customers have the right to dependable cargo transport and safe, comfortable journeys."

Evergreen International Corporation came into being in 1984, charged with coordinating the activities of group members and giving guidance. By 1998, as business expanded, Evergreen International Corporation began to reach outside the group. Its core business now embraces hotels, insurance, advertising, printing, stock affairs, shipping agency and realestate management.