The Study On The Management And Constructions Of The Railways In Guangdong Province During The Four Years After The Anti-Japanese War

The Civil War was the theme of the four years after the Anti-Japanese War.With the effect of the Civil War,the management and constructions of railways in Kuomintang Ruling Region acted as an important role in economic construction of China after the Anti-Japanese War.As a significant part of railways in KMT Ruling Region,the management and constructions of the Railways in Guangdong Province were the Typical epitome and true portraiture with characteristic during the four years.During the past forty years from the late Ching Dynasty to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War,the railways in Guangdong Province which laid in South China lonely had been developed and intergrated into the national railways system,laying the important foundation and basic pattern of management and constructions of Railways in Guangdong Province.The four years after the Anti-Japanese War was an important transition for management and constructions between the times before the Anti-Japanese War and the beginning of People's Republic of China.Taking over the railways occupied by Japanese Army in South China was the first step of the Kuomintang resumed operation of railways traffic,rebuilding the unified management of the Railways in Guangdong Province during the post-war times.However,such process had made some negative effect on the management and constructions of the Railways in Guangdong Province.Another important step to begin this transition was that the Kuomintang Government rebuilt the unitied management for the Railways in Guangdong Province.By this step,the Kuomintang Government integrated the Railways in Guangdong Province.Meanwhile,it was brand new exploration and attempt to the railways management in China after the Anti-Japanese War that a kind of new management model for railways was introduced,preparing for the management model for railways in early period of the People's Republic of China.Due to the deconstruction caused by Japanese Army duiring the war and the unfavorable factors in politics,economic and other parts in Kuomintang ruling area,the management and construction of Railways in Guangdong Province,with double heavy missions that was "resuming the standard before the outbeak of the Anti-Japanese War" and "construction and development",had made some progress in maintenance affairs,engineering affairs,financial affairs,traffic service,police affairs and passenger and freight transportation.Nevertheless,the overall situation was not optimistic,the foundation of Railways in Guangdong Province was very fragile,and was also still far from the level before the Anti-Japanese War.At the same time,with the new political and economic environment,on the one hand,the United States actively participated in the construction of Chinese railways in the post-war times,at the same times,American aid also became an important capital of railways construction in Guangdong Province;on the other hand,with the vision of the introduction of using American aid,the civil and military authorities in Guangdong,proposing the appeal of "Renaissance of South China",promoted a series of the construction project of which Railways in Guangdong Province was regarded as the center,in cooperation with the Administration of Hankow-Canton District Railways to carry out a number of railway projects with important value and long-term significance.However,all of these railway projects could not be completed in the chaos of the situation,and these railway projects had made no favorable effect on the local economic development and construction in Guangdong Province.With the impending collapse of Kuomintang regime in Guangdong,the business of the Railways in Guangdong Province was also in deep trouble.Meanwhile,by the direction of The Communist Party of China's correct policy and original workers in railways' promotion,Railways in Guangdong Provinces transited stably between the new and the old regime,becaming part of People's Republic of China's railway industry.