Techniques of making paper stem from the Central Plains along the down-stream regions of the Yellow River. At an early point in time on Taiwan, the town of Meinung was known for its fine paper. Puli County, Taichung, was the sight of paper factories during the Japanese Occupation.
台灣的手工造紙技術傳承自中原地區，早期以美濃的紙較著名；而台中縣埔里在日據時期即有造紙工廠。