A Research On The Social Economy Of Ili In Qing Dynasty

After unifying Xinjiang, Qing dynasty established General governance system to govern Xinjiang on the foundation of early Qing dynasty. Ili became the political, economic, military and cultural center and it began to develop itself in several aspects .With the Tsar of Russia's invasion and occupation of large tracts of land , Ili was turned into a frontier city and Urumqi was the capital city of Xinjiang. After the establishment of Xinjiang province, Suiding city among nine cities in Ili was the capital of Ili Fu, meantime, Ningyuan city developed fast and was the economic center. Ili had extremely important strategic position in Northwest borderlands in Qing dynasty and laid a foundation for future.By using the theory of the specialized history and historical geography , this dissertation analyzes systematically and profoundly the process of economic development of Ili in Qing dynasty under the scientific development views, and summarizes its characteristics. It focuses on the the economic strategies and management, the development of policy formulation and implementation, national migration and population distribution, agricultural settlement, and the rise and fall of the water conservation construction, crop cultivation and distribution, the scope of the rise and fall of land and movement, the development of the livestock as well as the industry and mining, commercial trade and the development of urban transport during different periods of the Qing Dynasty .Through a comprehensive survey , this dissertation tries to truly reflect the changes in the process of restoration of historical features in Ili, and sum up experiences and lessons to find regularity; it analyzes the evolution and mechanism of Ili under the influence of the development activities of the local people. This dissertation contributes to the development of the specialized history and historical geography, and it provides useful historical reference for economic construction and sustainable development of Ili in the western development.