A Sduty On The Police Administration Of Gansu In Late Qing And Early The Republic Of China

The thought of police administration begun to spring up after Sino-Japanese War(1894-1895) in the society of Late Qing. The establishment of the Hunan Public security in 1898 was the begaining for the Chinese to study the police system of modern west country, set up police mechanism and initiate police administration. After the Gengzi Event of 1900 the Qing government begun to set up police mechanism in the central. This set the police administration of modern China afoot.In 1901 the Qing government pursued a new policy refering to modern west system. In July this year the Qing government instructed all the provinces to cut down Green Banner Army in order to select and train Standing Army, Continuation Army and Policeman. Army. But the Policeman. Army set up as to the imperial edict in Gansu was not modern Police but army. In September 1902 the Qing government ordered the governor-generals and governors of all the provices to conduct local police administration refering to the memorial police regulations presented by Yuansikai. Then with the pursuing of the new policies, the Qing government set up the Police Ministry to supervise and urge the provices to conduct local police administration. But the governor-general and governor of Gansu did not conduct any measure of police administration until the old Gansu provice capital security unites was transformed into Gansu General Police Burean in November 1905. It was the begaining of the police administration of Gansu.With the victory of the Revolution of 1911, Zhaoweixi governed Gansu. In the period of Zhaoweixi's governing, the political situation of Gansu was thrown into confusion, and the chaos caused by war were frequent. The base of Gansu police administration founded in Late Qing was destroyed and there were quite a few drawbacks in the police administration of Gansu. Since the Northern Government was set up by Yuansikai, it issued many police decrees. In the period, the police administration of Gansu went on in the programme of the police administration of he Northern Government. In the period of Zhangguangjian governing Gansu, Gansu Provice Capital Police Hall and Gansu Provice Police Burean were founded successively. Because of the invading of Bailang peasant army, Zhangguangjian ordered all the departments and districts of Gansu to set up guard group. At the same time in Early the Republic of China the police education of Gansu had fairly developed. In the period of Zhangguangjian governing Gansu, the modern police system had set up in form. In Gansu.But in Late Qing and Early the Republic of China, the actual effect of the police administration of Gansu was extremely limited. Viewing it as a whole, the police administration of Gansu had taken shape in form, but had no matched police spirit in it. And because of its many drawbacks, the police administration of Gansu recruited many criticisms at that time.