The Research On The Baoding Chamber Of Commerce During 1907-1927

The chamber of commerce is a social organization set up by businessmen according to law to defend its members' lawful rights and interests and to prompt industry and commerce. The chamber of commerce is an important link that connects government with businessmen, businessmen with businessmen, and businessmen with society.The chamber of commerce of Baoding participated in the activities of protecting its rights after Renzi mutiny in order to defend its lawful rights and interests.It carried out a series of fights to resist sales taxes of dry and fresh fruits.It strongly boycotted the government's exploitation to businessmen. The chamber of commerce of Baoding actively devoted into charities, education and merchandise exhibition These social activities, on one hand, showed that the chamber of commerce had to leech on to the government in order to make it operate normally, on the other hand, showed its desire of seeking opportunities to develop itself freely.The article arranges and analyses a large amount of rarely known archive of the chamber of commerce of Baoding before 1927.I hope that, by these important events and people created in the changes of economy, society, military affairs and politics, we may have a general understanding of the chamber of commerce of Baoding and its subordinate businessmen and commerce characteristics in macro-perspective; In micro-perspective. I make my pen point to the group organization, show the persons in the back and their relations, discuss how they apply local resources to operate and display their true face and the historical effects.