The Study Of Chongqing Telephone Office Of The Ministry Of Transportation

In 1929,Chongqing City Government established,municipal government organizations and institutions improved gradually,thereby,it created conditions for the development of Chongqing economic.All aspects of Chongqing City has developed before the Anti-Japanese War.Telecommunication as a symbol of the development of Chongqing City, has also experienced the evolution of modernization,including Post Station,Private Mail Office,Postal Service,Telegram and Telephone.And telephone as the most advanced communication instrument in the world,it got into trouble at the very start.In 1915, telephone appeared in Chongqing,it has experienced four stages,including beginning period,public period,information of district period and the information of province period before the Anti-Japanese War.In these periods,telephone business has not got rapid expansion,There are three reasons for the backward of telephone development which consist of poor geographical setting,poor economic setting and the backward thinking of Chongqing people.After the Anti-Japanese War, Chongqing telephone office has be taken over by the Department of Transportation of National government,and named it as Chongqing Telephone Office of Department of Transportation,then,they adjusted the organizations and polices,at the same time due to the Bombing of Chongqing the relocation new district enlarged the city area,and quicken the extension of telephone office.The symbols of the development of Chongqing Telephone Office including the increasing of offices and circuit and the growth of team.However,in the scheme of the development of telephone,especially,in the period of Bombing of Chongqing,the telephone business got smacked,in order to avoiding the influence from the Bombing of Chongqing mostly,all the staff of telephone office worked day and night,therefor,they made their own contribution for the war,they established telephone network in the city of Chongqing,partly because their own efforts,partly because the specific historical factors.At the meantime,there are many shortcomings,such as deficiency of popularity,the inconsonant proportion of the public and civilian using.But they made their own contribution for the Anti-Japanese War,in the same time,they settled the foundation for the development of telecommunication business in the future,their historical merits and achievements should be given objective comment.