Central Motion Picture Corporation

During its early years, CMPC's film production and activities were closely linked to the government’s policies.

The production studio was rebuilt in the eastern district of Taichung City, which was originally the residence of Matsuo Okawa, the president of Taiwan News during the Japanese colonial period.

[2] Chiang Ching-kuo, the chairman at that time, personally presided over the opening ceremony at the Taichung studio.

CMPC began accepting commissions to shoot Taiwanese language films (台語片)  in 1956, such as Craving for the Spring Wind (望春風).

This film not only marked the inception of CMPC's "Healthy Realism" approach but also paved the way for a new era in Taiwan cinema and presented a fresh cultural identity to the global audience.

[7] CMPC made a series of patriotic films in the 1970s, when Taiwan suffered devastating setbacks of foreign relations, such as being expelled from the United Nations in 1975.

Films such as In Our Time (光陰的故事; 1982), That Day on the Beach (海灘的一天; 1983), Growing Up (小畢的故事; 1983), The Sandwichman (兒子的大玩偶; 1983), and Looking out at the Sea (看海的日子; 1984), etc, and helped create the new wave of New Taiwan Cinema.

(翻滾吧！阿信; 2011), Seediq Bale (賽德克‧巴萊; 2011), Girlfriend Boyfriend (女朋友‧男朋友; 2012), Zone Pro Site (總鋪師; 2013), KANO (2014), and The Assassin (刺客聶隱娘; 2015).

Central Pictures Corporation paid NT$950 million to the government for the understated assets of the company when it was sold in 2005.