The Guangzhou Municipal System Developing And Municipal Constructing In 1920s

After the overthrowing of Qing Dynasty, Chinese provincial municipality turned into a disorder circumstance. Chinese people thus had a great enthusiasm on establishing renewal political system, with which the provincial autonomous movements grew flourishingly then. Guangzhou autonomous movements in this period were also very active, especially the establishing of Guangzhou government office which made history of Chinese municipal system. Under the leading of Sun Yat-sen and with the great support of Chen Jiongming, Sun Ke who had deeply researched municipal system and administration undertook the work of building a new Guangzhou. Guangzhou Provisional Regulations, erected by Editorial Committee for Legal Affairs which is under the leading of Sun Ke, set an example for the other cities to establish their municipal systems.In the process of Guangzhou municipal system developing and municipal constructing in the 20th, Sun Ke and Chen Jiongming functioned crucially and had a very important influence. Sun appointed people on their merits and Chen, who was the Governor of Guangdong, gave his biggest support. Chen reached a consensus with Sun in the aspect of reformation ideology, which brought obviously promoting effect to municipal system development. In the respect of Guangzhou municipal construction, Works Bureau, who undertook the heaviest tasks, also experienced a lot of difficulties. However, Works Bureau with managing director Cheng Tiangu as the leader made brilliant contributions to the improvement of Guangzhou municipal construction and gained the understanding and supporting from people.In spite of that, the reformation of Guangzhou municipal system was still not thoroughly and municipal construction also had a long way to go. Guangzhou municipal system reforming and municipal construction in the 20th left precious experiences for the offspring and influenced greatly nowadays Guangzhou municipal construction.