The Research On Coal Development In Shanxi From Qing Dynasty To The Republic Of China

As a big coal province,Shanxi has a long history of using coal.As early as the spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period,people had a certain understanding and utilization of coal,and the use of coal was more common during the Tang and song dynasties.During the period from Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China,the exploitation and utilization of coal reached an unprecedented scale in ancient china.The author mainly in the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China as the research scope of time,because of Shanxi’s coal reserves in this period have a preliminary estimate,the distribution range of coal has been determined,the coal not only widely used in the Shanxi people’s family,but also as the main fuels for industrial development.Shanxi is richly endowed by nature of the coal mining,abundant coal resources,plenty of surplus labor force,more convenient transportation,well-developed handicraft production,long mining history,these factors as the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China Shanxi coal mining provides a sufficient condition.The development of coal industry is mainly from three links of production,transportation and sale.Coal is a kind of special product and raw materials that the goods,the production process is the process of mining,the coal production is mainly from the underground to the ground;coal transportation is coal from origin to the sales process;coal sales is to all producers of all consumers from coal.During the period from Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China,the coal industry experienced the process from traditional industries to modern industries.This process is the process of technological innovation and management of coal industry,which embodies the characteristics of modernization of coal industry.The main link of coal industry is production,transportation and sale.The influencing factors must be analyzed from three aspects:production,transportation and sale of coal industry.The most important factor in the development of the coal industry is the coal itself,which is closely related to the quality of coal and the operation of the coal mine.Transportation is a key factor in the operation of coal.During the period from Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China,the main mode of coal transportation was the railway,and the transportation distance and freight transportation determined the sales of the coal industry in varying degrees.Transportation distance,high freight,then the high cost of coal,the competitiveness of the weak,it is difficult to open the consumer market.A degree of economic development is the key factor of the demand for coal resources of the region,when the coal consumption in the family and the proportion of industrial consumption is high,so the inevitable demand for coal increased,Shanxi coal sales will increase,Shanghai,Beijing,Tianjin,Wuhan is an important coal consumption in Shanxi Province.The economic development in these areas and the demand for coal is larger.In addition,with foreign competition is also an important factor affecting the coal industry in Shanxi,the late Qing Dynasty,a large number of foreign investors to set up factories in China,China greatly occupied the national industry,the coal industry in Shanxi and the same foreign profit in the competition.Based on the analysis of the factors affecting the development of Shanxi’s coal industry,we can clearly understand the external environment conditions of Shanxi coal industry.The development of the coal industry is of great significance to the promotion of Shanxi’s economy.It has greatly changed the lives of the people in Shanxi,promoted the industrial development in Shanxi,and played an important role in the society of Shanxi.However,the benefits at the same time,the development of the coal industry has also caused negative effects to the environment of the Shanxi area,in addition to bring their own coal disaster,the area of forest vegetation and agricultural land is also very destructive.In the process of environmental destruction caused by coal development,people begin to have the consciousness of environmental protection.Although this kind of consciousness is not clear,it is progressive for our modern society.