Research On The Opening Of Ports And Port Trade In Modern Yunnan (1889-1937)

Before opening trade ports, it has been formed that geographic pattern which coastal ports and Yangtze river ports were connection points, Traffic routes were skeleton in China. Although Yunnan and neighbors have long-term economic exchanges, it was in marginal location in this pattern with no open.With Mengtsz open port, Yunnan associated foreign trade enters into a new stage of trading ports in 1889. As Szemao and Tengyueh successively open, Yunnan port trade formed three ports development new situation from 1902. The development of three trading ports had the same aspects, there are also different aspects certainly. This paper mainly discusses shaping function from the hinterland of features and external market network to modern Yunnan trading ports. This paper argues that trade features formation was the result of joint action from the hinterland of features and external market network.After opening trade ports, Yunnan begun in front position of the foreign trade pattern in the China, its foreign trade develope quickly. But, its foreign trade level was still low on the national scale, and its foreign trade was dominant by a single commodity output, was deformity development. This paper studies on the current foreign trade development in Yunnan province has the certain enlightenment significance.