The Taiwan Gift and Houseware Exporters Association (TGHEA) was established on 9 September 1970. Its members are engaged in the export and import of a variety of gifts and houseware. The association conforms to the Taiwanese government’s policies, improves industry standards and promotes industry interests.

Thanks to the sound leadership of former chairmen Hsi-Chun Lin, Jin-Song Lin, George C. S. Whong, Robert M. L. Huang, Kent J. Y. Hsu, Richard H. Y. Lee, John Peng, Philip M. Lee, Lio Kuo, Chu-Hsun Kai, Chun-Ming Yu and current chairman Chuen-Fu Chang, TGHEA has established the tradition and spirit of providing enthusiastic services to its members. The association continues to grow and thrive and keeps up with the times regardless of economic situations.

Currently, TGHEA has more than 300 corporate members, which elect 27 directors and nine supervisors every three years. Under the Board of Directors, there are 10 general committees and five speciality committees. Each committee consists of one director, one to two vice directors and nine to 20 committee members. In addition to being reliable and dependable, all committee members are highly qualified specialists in their own fields.

Apart from managing the daily operations, TGHEA organises seminars and presentations to help its members keep abreast of the latest business information, and also organises exhibitions in and trade missions to various countries and regions. TGHEA strives to get subsidies from the Bureau of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan for the trips. Furthermore, TGHEA constantly uploads the latest industry and product information to its website. Years of hard work, plus excellent work ethic of its team have made TGHEA successful and powerful. It is ready to lead the industry to the future.