On The Highway Construction Of The Hebei Area During The Republic Of China (1918-1937)

Natural transportation replaced by mechanical transport process, is a movement of the linkage process, its effect and not only are widely radiation to the industry and commerce, market, and other areas of the economy, but also closely related to people’s livelihood activities, life style, behavior, social mobility and social relations, and even can affect many aspects, such as for ideas to deep. Therefore, in a typical area as the breakthrough point, through to the modern traffic construction situation and its impact on the local people’s production and living, but also the effect of social and cultural perspective it, is to expand a concrete feasible in the study of Chinese modern society culture, is also in order to further deepening the research on modern history of China.Hebei area highway construction in 1918-1937, with China’s modernization needs, government leaders and the advocate of social elite and the push of the central and local governments at all levels are inseparable. During this period, hebei region has experienced the preliminary development and the rapid development of highway construction in two stages, there are mainly three kinds of different ways of road construction, namely business office, the official trim do and work. Province highway construction to before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War has obtained certain achievements, the preliminary perfecting the management system of the highway, private car transport and official motor transport business of business is expanded, not only strengthen the highway construction in hebei province internal and external economic relations, promote the development of regional economy, and effectively drive the region along the commercial prosperity, to the ordinary people material life such as food, clothing, shelter, line bring new change, the social climate and living conditions also have an impact. As the road network initial cover, the flow of personnel at all levels in the society are more frequently, motor transport layout gradually from coastal to inland, from trunk to regional extension, some previously isolated villages and towns as the road of prosperity, new new ideas to make the old ideas.Hebei region highway construction and operation, also there are many reasons. Mainly displays in: compared with other provinces, while the highway construction started earlier, but the development speed is relatively slow, engineering quality is bad, efficiency is relatively low; The highway for military and political reasons, and are less likely to pay attention to the value of the economy; Due to the high operating costs, transport quantity is restricted by a lot; Failed to form a perfect railway, highway and waterway transport network; There is a catch, send material in different degrees and extortion. Nonetheless, it is the area the development of modern transportation laid a certain foundation, therefore, should take an objective and dialectical attitude estimation and equilibrium.