The Research Of Relationship Between Cohong System And Yue Customs

The Papers view the interaction relationship between Cohong system andGuangdong Custom during the early Qing Dynasty（before the year1842），mainlyfocus in the administration regulations influence which Guangdong Customs effectCohong system, and then we can know some feature of our foreign trade betweenChinese and Western in that special history period. Below is the main contents：First，the paper briefly expound the evolution of trade policy during the earlyQing Dynasty，the reason and process of the Guangdong customs establishment，andthe relationship of the Hongrenhui event and the Guangzhou only admired foreigntrade policy. Second，the paper discusses the content and functions of the Cohongsystem，and analyses the administration behavior which Guangdong customs effectsthe Cohong system. Third，the article elaborates the several events：the customssupervisors and affiliated officials extort the cohong group severely，the businessmenoutside the Cohong system and English merchants challenge the Cohong system andwhat reaction the Guangdong customs faces the new situation. Finally，the articlewill evaluate the Qing government foreign institution in its nature，feature andefficiency by discussing the feature of Cohong system and multipurpose function ofGuangdong customs.At the last part of the article，the paper analyses the compound interim institutioninvolved the Cohong system and Guangdong customs together with the institutioneconomic perspective，the paper consider this special compound interim institutionare constructed principally dependent on Chinese special cultural tradition andpolitical tradition. This institution style is agree with the economic and traderequirement at the early, also it is full of the internal evolution dynamic which candraw the interim institution to treaty trade institution, but in the long run, thiscompound interim institution is lack of efficiency, also it will strictly restrict theeconomic development. The article also takes the viewpoints of Adam Smith forreference to criticize this special external trade institution involved the Cohong system and Guangdong customs.It help academic workers and people to know the interact relationship betweenthe Thirteen Cohongs and the Guangdong customs, with which we can understand thefeature, evolution process and limit of Chinese and western relationship in the early ofQing dynasty. We can get some experience and reference from the article for countrydevelopment today.