On The Grain Management Of The Region Dominated By The Kuomintang In Kwangtung Province During The Anti-Japanese War(1937-1945)

The people are the fOundation of a nation and the masses regard food as theirheaven." The grain, being the most basic means of subsistence in human society, directlydetermines the national economy and the people's livelihood. TherefOre, all the rulers inpast dynasties paid close attention to it. During the Anti-JaPanese War, the nationalistgovernment in Kwangtullg province was confronied with adverse circumstances: grainexhausted, price of grain skyrocketing, suPply and demand severely maladjusted. So ittried to manage and regulate the mechanism of operation and transpoftation and sale inthe grain industries by way of administration power and law means in order to achieve itspolitical and moral goals: abundant army provisions, stable price of grain and a tranquilsocial environ-ment. The series of measures taken by the govemmot for the sake of thedemand in the national war proved to be correct whether from the angle of military,politics or economy. However, the deviations especially the comiPtion in the regime ofthe Kuomilltang discounted the practice of its policy of grain management so greatly thatseverely weakened its inherent substamia1 results to a certain degree. There's much in thegrain management that we can make use of today on stipulating and executing the newpolicy under the socialistic market economy system.