The Discussion Of Soybean Export Trade In China

In modern history, bean products were main export agricultural products in Northeast China．The export of agricultural products developed gradually after the government degree of Bean Products' Embargo was canceled．At that time, the output of soybean in the Northeast China, 90% of which was exported, covered 60-70% of the total soybeans of the world．So, the soybean and bean products of China enjoined high reputation and became the international commodities. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the beginning, development, prosperity and decline of the soybean export of Northeast China. Readers also can draw a lesson and enlightenment from this investigation into the exploitation of Northeast China under the condition of China's losing sovereign rights．After Yingkou was open to the outside world, with the aggravating of theplunder of colonial economy, deepening of immigrants' developing in Northeast China and engendering of transportation system and changing of export policy in the end of Qing Dynasty, the three kinds of bean products, which enjoyed a worldwide reputation in course of international trade development, gradually surpassed the traditional export of silk and tea, and became the staple commodities. The export of soybean was the important part of Northeast China, also of China and foreign countries' trade. Soybean, being a staple export commodities of China, reflected the realism of China agriculture. The export of soybean reflected that agriculture economy in Northeast China gradually entered into the world capital economic system. It promoted the development of export-oriented Northeast agriculture and national industry. And it also flourished commodity farming of China. At the same time it shows greatly that the dependence of Chinese soybean export trade, which is formed by the plunder of raw materials and the export of capital by capitalism and imperialism, of the international market.There is not an exception to the soybean export since the development of Chinese commodity farming arose from the capitalists' plunder of agricultural raw materials in northeast China. But Chinese soybean, as a special local product, which was different from other agricultural products, enjoyed high reputation in the world. Soybean export enlightened us that we should construct a characteristicdevelopable road to realize an increase in china local agricultural economy. That is to bring local superior resources into play, to export agricultural commodity and to develop export-oriented agriculture.