A Study Of The Zhonghua Exhibition Of Chinese Goods In 1928

There is a deep mutual relation of development between the economic nationalism and the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods.In 1920s, Chinese state and society were both able to utilize the economic nationalism to boycott the economic oppression of imperialist countries which they were faced to. As Nanjing national government was concerned, it pursued extremely the country's construction, so it had convened the nationwide economic conference , financial conference and the conference to cut down Linjin in succession in 1928. Besides, it revised the industrial and commercial rules, established the central bank and the national bank, promulgated the ordinances to reward industrial products, and strove for the customs' independent. As the same time, Chinese society launched the great movement to boycott foreign goods and advocate national goods. Specially the movement to advocate national goods was developing like a raging fire, including founding the organizations of national goods and holding the exhibitions of Chinese goods one after another. Because of the imperialist economic aggression, the economic nationalism grew vigorously in china. Because of the expedition of the economic nationalism, the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods was able to be held in 1928.The Nanjing national government and the businessmen held the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods together in a cooperative way. They worked as one to arrange the exhibition, fix up the exhibition center, collect and examine the exhibits, and raise the exhibition funds, and so on. In the early days of the Nanjing national government when there was a worst relation between the Kuomintang and the chambers of commerce, because the economic nationalism took effect, the officials and businessmen put aside their contradictions to cooperate hi the exhibitions of national goods.After the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods, the exhibitions of national products began to systemize. Moreover, they gave the impetus to the sale and improvement of national products, and promoted the economic nationalism, which made the national product movement grow more vigorously than ever before. The fact of the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods shew that after "the commercial war" which had the political aims and the boycott which fellow to cut off the economic relations with the imperialist countries, the economic nationalism had become to be favor of interal advocation which was more rational and could effect a more permanent cure, including optimizing self-development environment and strengthening oneself power. So the economic power of the imperialist countries could be boycotted by the invisible ways.Based on the national righteousness, the officials and the businessmen were both able to devote themselves to the exhibitions of national products which were beneficial to them. The facts which the officials and the businessmen succeeded to hold the Zhonghua exhibition of Chinese goods together shew that the relations between the Nanjing national government and the businessmen had also the cooperative aspect.