Modern China Banking Regulatory System (1897-1949)

Under the background of modernization and globalization,following the evolution of banking supervisory system as a thread,the thesis tries to research the banking supervisory system which may cover subject,object, grounds,substance,tools and means,and make a general evaluation completely for a long time span.The time span for research starts from 1897 when the Imperial Bank of China was built up.The ending is in 1949 which is the transitional year of the establishment of the People' s Republic of China as well as the changing of two financial systems including banking supervisory systems with obvious difference.The time spanâ… choose for research will be suitable for comparatively integrated analysis for the evolution of banking supervisory system in modern China.Till now,there are a few researches been made on the institutional or business cases of banking industry in modern China,some of which made remarkable achievements,but there is few made achieved in the research from the systematic aspect.And it is still a virgin island for a systematic research from a longer time span and broader geographic span on banking supervisory system in modern China.Using the historical method of investigation,the research is made by the following means:the first is to Seriously review and restructure the historical documentations and conclusions found in the previous studies from a new angle of view;the second is to try to get new findings from those publicized or non-publicized historical files as well as old mess media information which may provide more sound support to the conclusion; the third is to make typical case studies in order to avoiding the malpractice of taking the matters as it stands by wording.I also use the theories and means of other relative subjects for reference.The first one is the science of administrative management which provides referential framework and angles of view for this thesis;the second is the science of law.As the important grounds for banking supervisory activities,laws and regulations of different time shall and should generate something valuable for supervisory practice;the third is the science of economy and finance.The researches,especially those made in recent years provide very good theoretical foundation and methods for further study.The thesis is written thoroughly on the basis of published financial historical books which covering banking side in particular,old newspapers and magazines,statistical annual books,reminiscences and chronicles etc.;Meanwhile,I also do a lot of review and reference on the files and historical achievement collected in China No.2 history Archives,Shanghai Archives,Chongqing Archives,Sichuan Province Archives and Fujian Province Archives.The main body of this thesis can be divided into eight parts which include the laws and regulations of banking supervision,features of supervisory subject,the components of supervisory object,market entrance supervision,sustained business supervision,supervision on the problem bank and market exit,means of supervision and a case study on the banking supervision carried out by people' s government in the early period after liberation.In the end,I make a general conclusion on the phases,globalization,localization,conditions and effectiveness.The thesis approached the features as the combination of interest in the continuity for long time span vertically and the integrity of the system components laterally,the combination of interest in the individual and the internal relationship among those components,and finally the combination of setup of laws and regulation and the response as well as the affection afterwards.A successful modernization must be the organic combination process of globalization and localization.Based on this angle of view,research on the evolution of modern China' s banking supervisory system and summarizing some laws of history will be very meaningful to speed up and improve the infrastructure of present-day banking supervision;meanwhile, it should be valuable to strengthen the research of modern China' s financial history and banking history in particular.