The Study On Cane Sugar Industry In Yunnan During The Republic Of China

China is one of the birthplaces of sugarcane.Yunnan has a long history of sugarcane production.During the Ming and Qing dynasties,the areas of planting sugarcane in Yunnan expanded,and more than 70 counties in the Republic of China.Sugarcane farmers planted sugarcane and produced cane sugar by themselves,meanwhile set up sugar houses in rural areas to operate the cane sugar industry,while businessmen found sugar factories in cities to operate independently.Cane sugar commodity market developed,urban and rural trade,long-distance intra-and inter-provincial trade and foreign export trade expanded the market demand for cane sugar,which led to the development very quickly of the whole cane sugar industry,sugarcane and cane sugar has become a new planting and handicraft industry in rural areas.However,the backwardness of cane sugar making method caused the local sugar to be hit by the impact of foreign sugar,so that the right of cane sugar market in Yunnan province overflowed,which led to the transformation of Yunnan cane sugar industry from tradition to modern times.The province actively buys machinery to introduce the method of making sugar,produce the mechanism cane sugar with clean color and good quality,introduce new sugarcane species,and improve the cane sugar industry in Yunnan.The prosperity of cane sugar trade has attracted the attention of the government,the government plus commercial tax for cane sugar,miscellaneous tax.Various kinds of taxes seriously exploit the benefits of the famer with planting sugarcane.At the same time,businessman in cane sugar industry and cane sugar-making handicraft industry set up trade associations to safeguard the interests of the industry and deal with the development of the industry.The rise of cane sugar trade has caused the supply and demand of cane sugar in the market to expand,and the area of planting sugarcane is increased by the stimulation of sugarcane production in rural.And the economic structure of rural areas,especially the heavy cane sugar production areas,has changed from the traditional semi-closed farm economy to the market-oriented cash crop planting and processing,and the sugacaner has developed towards specialization and scale.