The Study Of The Silk External Trade History In Guangdong

In the about one hundred years of modern times, the silk external trade in Guangdong occurred devious changes. By the analysis in some factors such as the quantity and value, five periods can be divided:(l) In the about 30-years from Opium War to early in 1870s(1842-1872), it fall into a severe decay and stagnancy; (2) From the foundation of Jichanglong filature factory, to the perdition of Qing Dynasty, about 40 years(l872-1911), it gained comeback and development in a certain extent on the basis of silk yield springing up in Guangdong ; (3) In some years early of Minguo period(1912-1919), it braced up faster gonging with the silk improvement becoming effective. (4) In the period of 1920s around (1920-1930), it reached a level of power and splendor; (5) In 1930s and 1940s (1931-1949), it turn to breaking up, and finally bordered on the collapse. Whit examining in its immanent factors, we will get some discovery. It had commerce channel and organizations of itself, and embodied the infection on the silk export quantity, value and price, which from the seasonal change of the silk undertaking and the supply and demand law in international market. In the backside of silk commerce some fuse elements such as the price of silver and exchange between different money. Finally, appraising the prosper and decline of the silk exportation commerce in Guangdong, we should affirm its achievement and status, but at the same time we must know that it couldn't get hold of the development in gear with being fettered by the circle of semi-feudal and semi-colony community quality, and it was obstructed severely in its modernization course. All people were wont to be complacent and conservative from production process to commerce manners, and it was easy for them to be controlled by foreigners from money market to exportation links. Add to the impact and destruction of some other complications, it went downhill and made for crashing finally.