Republic Of China, Zhejiang Province Highway Construction (1916-1937)

Traffic is the lifeblood of economic development, and it is also one measures of a regional economic development. The highway traffic has developed rapidly since Republican China, the highway enterprise in Zhejiang province especially; it made great achievements in road construction, managing system and operation, etc.The thesis mainly analyzes the reason for highway construction during Republican China in Zhejiang province, focusing on road construction, managing system, operations, and its social impacts, studying the development of highway enterprise during 1916-1937 in Zhejiang Province, Attempting to indicate that During this period, highway traffic in Zhejiang was created and developed rapidly by adopting advanced managing system and extending operation actively. All those accelerated the modernization of land transportation in Zhejiang province, promoted its regional economic development, reinforced the functions of town's radiation, strengthen the communication of citizens, even accelerated the pace of life, and influenced the modernization process of the whole society of Zhejiang positively.