The Change Of Datong Coal Industry From1929to1945

Datong coal industry in Shanxi has a pivotal position in theworld, especially is well known for its production of high qualitysteam coal. Since modern times, after the Germans Mr. Richthofen,a lot of people from China and foreign countries had made anexploration and macro estimates for shanxi coal resources, thenTriggering the attention of the world for shanxi coal resources,including people in Shanxi, raise the boom of mining industrial, whichlaunched a power struggle of coal resources. Under this situation,coal mine in Datong is to move in operations. Based on the ShanxiProvince mining bureau, which is established in1929, this paperexplores the history of Datong coal mining enterprises from1929tothe end of the Anti-Japanese War in1945.In modern times, the people of Shanxi launched a series ofmineral rights movement, which made coal mine operated by thenational capital of Shanxi obtain survival and development andpromoted the development of national capitalist enterprises inShanxi. Since the founding of Baojin Company, Shanxi coal miningindustry was gradually entering from manual to semi-mechanized era,which marked the birth of the Shanxi national capital coal enterprises.Thus, Shanxi modern coal industry first began by Private. In1909,Baojin Mines Branch funded by national capital was established inShanxi Datong, which had the first pair modern semi-mechanized mines——Xinzhou shaft kiln, which was the beginning of modernDatong coal industry. In1929, Yan Xishan uphold the will of theestablishment of Jinbei Bureau of Mines, which was mainly funded bybureaucratic capital manipulated by Yan Xishan. In Yan ’s support,Jinbei Bureau of Mines had developed rapidly, and graduallymonopolized the Datong coal industry.From October1937to August1945, Datong Coal Mine wasoccupied by Japanese invaders. According to the JapaneseKwantung Army command, Datong Coal Mine was managed by theSouth Manchuria Railway Company. Approved by the Japanesegovernment in January10,1940, North China DevelopmentCompany, South Manchuria Railway Company, and Mongolian JointAutonomy Government invested40million yuan to found Datong CoalMine Corporation and made it the largest coal mine company ofKailuan Coal Mine in north China. During the Japanese occupation ofDatong Coal Mine, the policy of "people-for-coal" was implemented,brutal exploitation was conducted and labors were slaved. OnAugust15,1945, Japan surrendered, and Datong Coal Mine wasre-received by Yan Xishan.This paper uses a large amount of statistical data to show thespecific tortuous operation of Datong Coal Mine in a complexhistorical background, and to reflect the difficult process ofdevelopment of Chinese enterprises in modern from one side.