From Price Control To Study State And Society--Taking Shexian Area During Anti-Japanese War As Example

Huizhou, which was poor in products, always maintained its normal social life on the commodities from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui in history. During the Anti-Japanese War, Huizhou was the largest area in the GMD regime in the three provinces . Surrounded by the neighboring enemy-occupied areas, the interflowing of commodities turned out to be extremely difficult. How did Huizhou manage to survive and contribute to the war in the special time-space situation? From the angle of National Governments price control during the war, the article research its enforcement in Shexian. On such a basis, the article involves further study about the complex relations between the state and the society as well as the influence of the change between them.In view of the great local price fluctuation, National Government took the measure of price control in the hope of making the local places in conformity and stable under its control. Fork forces were required to participate and identify in various ways. Inspired with nationalism, Folk forces devoted them. Therefore, the forces of the Gentral, local and folk joined together and brought Shexian the temporary stability. As the war went on ,National Government tighten up its social control and folk participation and identification become week. Risistant feeling came into being instead. Together with the crisis of identification of the state political power. That to some extent, caused GMD regime to break down soon in the coming war of liberation.