A Study Of The Shaanxi Immigrants During The China's Resistance War Against Japan

The influence of the China's Resistance War against Japan breaking out in an all-round way and other factors caused one young colonies of people to enter Shan. They were distributed in large and medium cities such as Xi'an , Baoji, Xianyang , Hanzhong, etc and the villages along the line of railway , highway mainly. Also quite a few were distributed in the area of north of Shaanxi Province, taking Yan'an as the centre. The immigrants in Shaanxi during the period of the Anti-Japanese War included workers, peasants, pedlars, handcraftsmen , intellectuals, officials, officers, free men ,etc. which is interrelated with their schooling.The arrival of so many immigrants brought great influence to the society of Shaanxi Province. It had not merely played a driving role to the development of the agriculture of Shaanxi Province and undertaking of reclaiming wasteland, but also stimulated the development of the industry and commerce of Shaanxi and made the industry and commerce of Shaanxi of the period of the China's Resistance War against Japan demonstrate a prosperous scene. In addition, transportation, railway and highway, culture and education had all got the development in greater degree, changed the situation that the things are uneven greatly, but brought some serious social concerns at the same time.National government announced large quantities of bills about relieving refugees, set up relief organizations and adopted relief measure in order to relieve tens of thousands of the suffering people. Under the direction of National government, the authorities of Shaanxi had taken a series of relief measures, too.The immigrants in Shaanxi during the period of the China's Resistance War against Japan is " reversing population migration " caused by the war. In the modern society, though reasons for causing population migration are different, the rational settlement of immigrant's problem, still has reference meaning for modern society.