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My dissertation is mainly discuss some characteristics of the business geography in Yunna Province during the period between late Qing and early Republic China by using the traveling investigation reports of TOA DOBUN SHOIN (东亚同文书院). It is divided into two parts, each of which is with four chapters.The Yunnan traveling investigation reports of TOA DOBUN SHOIN are discussed in the first part. I try to clarify the aim, nature and characteristic of area of the great traveling as well as the structure and the characteristic of the traveling investigation reports.From 1910 to 1936, the fourteen times great traveling of the students at TOA DOBUN SHOIN took place in Yunnan Province under the supporting with the Japanese Consulate, local governments and some non-governmental organizations in this area. The students went to a lot of places and investigated the situations of business, finance and transportation in Yunnan Province.In the second part of my dissertation, I try to explore the process of development of business, the local differences on the business and trade in the places in Yunnan Province, as well as the differences of transportation between inside Yunnan and neighbor countries.The foreign trade and the business in different Dao (道 ) in Yunnan Province are first discussed. There are some great differences among Mengzi, Tengyue and Puer, the main Dao in Yunnan. The reasons of making the differences are explained in my dissertation.Second, the situation of transportation in Yunnan Province during the period between late Qing and early Republic China is also explored. During my research, the business roads and transportation in every place in Yunnan are introduced first. Then, the influence to the areas along the Yunnan-Vietnam railway and transportation in Yunnan Province following the railway was opened to traffic.Third, the establishment and operation of chambers of commerce in Yunan Province are being conducted research. According to the comparing between the investigation reports and local chorography, the reform, the structure of organization, the sources of activity outlay, the characteristic of geography distribution and the enterprises andnatures of the chambers of commerce are discussed.At last, the rising and declining as well as the differences of assembly halls inside Yunan Province during the period between late Qing and early Republic China. I first calculate the total number of assembly halls located main cities in this areas according to the decade report of the Customs and the investigation reports of TOA DOBUN SHOIN. Then, the questions, such as the open of the Yunnan-Vietnam railway and the changes of business cities and assembly halls, are discussed.