The distillery is known for its Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor, and provides good tax income for the local government.

Yeh Hua-cheng (葉華成) opened Jincheng Distillery in 1950 to make Kaoliang in Kinmen.

At the time, Hu had to resolve financial issue of his forces, therefore this gave him an idea to open up a distillery for the Defense Command.

[1] In 1954, the construction of the new factory was completed and named "Jiulong River Distillery" (九龍江酒廠).

[2] On Feb 16 1998, the government-owned company was founded, and Kinmen Distillery was no longer directly managed by the local government.