Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation
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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Chinese: 陽明海運; pinyin: Yáng Míng Hǎi Yùn) is a Taiwanese container shipping company based in Keelung, Taiwan with official backing from the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Founded on December 28, 1972, its predecessor can be traced back to the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, established in Shanghai in 1873. The name "Yang Ming" evokes the meanings of "sun," "sun," and "brightness," and commemorates the renowned Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming.
It is one of only three container shipping companies in Taiwan, along with Wan Hai Lines and Evergreen Marine Corporation.
History
Before the end of Chinese Civil War
In the 11th year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1872), Li Hongzhang, the then-prime minister, ordered Zhu Qi'ang, the General Manager of the Zhejiang Maritime Bureau, to establish the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company in Shanghai. On January 14, 1873, the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was officially established, becoming China's first self-operated shipping company.
In 1909, China Merchants Steam Navigation Company was placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Posts and Communications. Following the establishment of the Republic of China, the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China announced in November 1927 that China Merchants Steam Navigation Company would be directly subordinate to the Ministry of Communications . In 1929, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang (KMT) resolved to transfer China Merchants Steam Navigation Company to the Nationalist Government. In 1933, the Central Political Committee of the KMT (Nationalist Party of China) resolved to nationalize China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, renaming it the "State-Owned China Merchants Steam Navigation Company," under the Ministry of Communications.
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