A Study On Rural Sideline Of Zhejiang Province (1911-1937)

Zhejiang province has a long tradition of sideline since ancient times because of superior ecological environment. Zhejiang rural plots and market linkages were becoming closer since late19th century and early20th century. Markets on rural sideline were a two-edged sword. Some rural sideline decline and some rural sideline developed. Farmers’ life was changed because of rise and fall of sideline.Zhejiang rural sideline and insufficient per capita cultivated land in Zhejiang Province, related to shortages of agricultural products. Rural agricultural and sideline was a close relationship. Rural sideline was a complement to agricultural. It had a positive effect on agriculture. Such as holding excess labor and supplement peasant economy. Agriculture provided the raw material for rural sideline. Agriculture was the foundation of sideline production. Zhejiang transplant type industrialization road had a smooth development during this period. It markets with rural sideline complementary. Some rural sideline business model changed under the action of machinery industry. It provided support for the technical innovation of traditional sideline. Farmers also had a new avocation.Zhejiang rural sideline had a closely relationship to new kinds of traffic, the operating system and the outside regional markets. New transportation created a time advantage for transportation and marketing of the product. It expanded product sales area. Operation disperse farmers was incorporated into the market system rely on the organization system. Become part of the capitalist production. Zhejiang sideline continued prosperous protection because of outside regional market development. As the early20th century Zhejiang local market was closer contact to overseas market. This formed a more complete market network. Merchant’s role was more important. They brought together local market products, distributed to outside the regional market. They were demand of the market in the field of information and timely feedback to farmers. They set up a farmers’market with the outside regional markets connection bridge. It provided rural women with professional outside the Home Professional because of international market development. They improved their economic status and influence in the family because they operated such occupation increased their income.Zhejiang rural sideline was in trouble in1930’s. Agricultural and sideline products unsalable. Prices were sharply reduction. Various handicraft cost was reducing. Farm incomes were lower. It was a serious threat to the survival of farmers. Farmers were as the disadvantaged groups. Face sideline crisis caused by the great depression of the market. The existing law of Live rational, safety first" became farmer coping strategies. They took extensive sideline production management and reduced the number of products, sizes shrink. Farmers’fields of his estate sold. The central tendency of rural land was to strengthen. Rice, strikes and other actions were one of the farmers’demands of life under the conditions of sideline decline and life troubled.China’s rural economy was in trouble in1930’s. Revitalization of rural economy advocates had sprung up in."Rejuvenation of rural plots"was one advocate. Under the background of economic crisis for farmers in rural areas of the great depression survival safety is at risk. Farmers to take exceptional measures not only against the revival of rural economy, and threatens the stability of the rural social order. Rejuvenation of rural plots, the development of rural economy became urgent priorities of Zhejiang Provincial Government. Through the development of Zhejiang Provincial Government research project, sideline promotion guidance to farmers, established research institutes and training measures such as rehabilitation plots, and achieved certain results. Due to the rural "human poverty", group games, system defect and funding constraints and other factors, the impact of the effectiveness of policy implementation.