The National Government's Agricultural Administration During The Anti-Japanese War

The agriculture during the Anti-Japanese War was still of great importance to the China's economy. It in fact was the key factor to sustain the government during that period. The national government adjusted the organization in charge of agricultural administration according to thesituation during the wartime and finally founded the department of agriculture and forestry-anindependent organization. The department of agriculture and forestry made and carried out a lot of policies to develop agriculture, for example:spreading agricultural techniques, improving the farm crops , promoting the developmen of the forestry and livestock farming, reclaiming the wasteland, strengthening the financial organization in the countryside , developing irrigation and water conservancy, developing the agriculture education and so on. These policies played an important role in the development of the economy. Agriculture during the wartime was in great difficulties, but it actually in the rear developed to a great degree so that it met the basic needs of the army and the people. The export of agricultural product to gain the foreign exchange reduced the financial deficits, mollified the financial crisis, sustained the wartime economy and provided the materials for the victory of Anti-Japanese war.