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The Analysis On Zhoucun Openness And The Rise And Fall Of The Silk Industry (1904-1937)

Posted on:2010-07-30Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B C WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360275979767Subject:China's modern history
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Zhoucun is a famous silk village in China. With the improvement of the traffic conditions, the economic of Zhoucun developed rapidly in the early Qing Dynasty. In the end of Qing Dynasty, zhuncun was famous for the commercial and industrial city in Shandong Province. In 1904 Jiaoji railway was about to open, Germany must widen the expansion to the inland of China by the Jiaoji railway. In order to protect rights, the government of Shandong Province decided that Jinan,Zhoucun and Weixian opened for trading, which were near to the Jiaoji railway.Zhoucun is located in the center of Shandong Province, which is the intersection of North China Plain and the Lu-Yi mountain. The traffic is extremely convenient. In addition, the vicinity of Zhoucun had a good basis for sericulture industry, and was also a famous silk industry center before it was opened. When it was opened in 1904, Zhoucun was beginning the modernization of the economy. As it was a traditional industry, silk industry had been developed rapidly at first. In the course of Cottage industry to the factory machinery, the development of silk industry in Zhoucun demonstrated a new phenomenon. In the technical level, regardless of silk industry or the silk reeling industry, technology had been greatly improved, such as large-scale use of steam reeling machine, the extend of Iron wood jacquard machine; in the production scale, a machine factory appeared, and the small family workshops gradually transited to the machine factory; in corporation management, the traditional model was changing to the modern scientific management; Finally, as the Silk Market of Zhoucun was broadened, the contact with foreign countries was more and more closer, and gradually integrated into the international capitalist market system. These are not familiar with the development of the traditional silk industry.Jiaoji railways promoted the Zhoucun's economic. At the same time, it also stimulated the emergence of some cities, such as Jinan,Boshan,Zhangdian. They snatched part of the market of Zhoucun, so it was a great threat for the development of Zhoucun's economic. After Zhoucun was involved into the capitalist market economy system, the economic invasion of foreign capitalism was remarkable. Particularly a large number of rayon-dumping swarmed into china, which led to the decline of silk industry. In 1916, wudazhou set up government in Zhoucun. He looted grievous in Zhoucun, and made a great economic damage to Zhoucun's industry, so many firms began to transfer capital to Jinan. In addition, there were many defects in silk industry of Zhoucun, such as the prevalence of lack capital, small-scale enterprises. These had led to the decline of Zhoucun's silk industry. So when it was the founding of the PRC , it was on the verge of death.The opened Zhoucun is a major event in the shangdong's modern history. It could maintained rights in the politics , but also practical significance for economic development. It was shangdong's an important starting point and symbol that the self-sufficiency feudal economy was becoming the modern economy. It also changed the order of market economy in Shandong. Today, the city's economic development and layout in Shandong were effected by the openness.For a long time, the silk industry has been played important role in the Zhoucun's economic. It is said that Zhoucun's economic rose and declined, which accompanied by the development and decline of silk industry. The history of the development of Zhoucun's Modern Silk was the development of Zhoucun's modern economic. Today, when we walk in the Zhoucun street, and stroll in the country and the only Silk Street, We are able to realize the grand occasions of hear step-by-step loom, silk weaving families". As long as we learn from history and learn from the experience of economic development of those years, then adhere to the scientific development and sustainable development, we will be able to reshape the "Golden Zhoucun" and "terminal drought" glory.
Keywords/Search Tags:Zhoucun openness Jiaoji Railway, Modernization, Silk industry
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