Research On Wuzhou Sliver Money Industry From The Late Qing Dynasty To The Republic Of China Era

Sliver Money industry is an important part of China's traditional financial industry.It supports the development of traditional financial industry together with the public security and pawn industry.Wuzhou Sliver Money industry organization mainly includes the ancient unincorporated bank and the new bank,both of which come down in one continuous line.It is represented by the unincorporated bank in the early stage and bank in the later stage,and its development has undergone great changes.This paper takes the changes of Wuzhou Sliver Money industry from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China era as an object of study,the environment and system of the development of Wuzhou Sliver Money industry in different historical periods as the background,as well as the connections of Wuzhou Sliver Money industry with the main social forces and Guangxi's social economy as the thread of the article,hereby making a systematic study of the historical process of the emergence,development and decline of Wuzhou Silver industry,and further discussing the role of Wuzhou Silver Industry in the social and economic development of modern Guangxi,on the basis of making full use of historical materials,by means of field investigation,comparison,analysis and summarization.The main content of the article consists of five parts.The first part discusses the emergence and tortuous development of Wuzhou Silver Money industry in the late Qing Dynasty,including the emergence,development background and management status of the unincorporated bank and bank.And it points out that Wuzhou unincorporated bank and the bank rose in the late Qing Dynasty.The unincorporated bank acquired the advanced by virtue of its advantages and seizing the opportunity,while the bank encountered with many difficulties in the early stage due to the political control.The cooperation between the unincorporated bank and the bank in the early Republic of China era brought a win-win situation for both sides.After Guangxi was ruled by the New Guangxi clique,the unincorporated bank and the bank changed from cooperation to competition,and the policy of the New Guangxi clique made the unincorporated bank gradually decline,and the bank gradually occupied the dominant position of the Wuzhou Silver Money industry.Until the War of Resistance Against Japan,the bank was the dominant position among the Wuzhou Silver Money industry,which was exactly the coexistence of the New Guangxi clique and the central financial institutions.The second part mainly discusses the operating business of Wuzhou Silver Money industry from the early business on the exchange of sliver and specie,to the rapid development after Wuzhou was open.The unincorporated bank gradually accepted deposits,loans,issuing credit notes,as well as engaged in exchange and change,while the bank favored the official business,including issuing bank notes and collecting official money.In the Republic of China era,Wuzhou Guangxi Bank even began to undertake insurance,valuables storage,trading in gold and silver,but also directly set up import and export agencies to operate import and export business.From its business scope and development can also explore the general development of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry.The third part analyzes the internal structure of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry,especially the forces of business community.The third part points out that there are different business communities from the beginning of Wuzhou Silver Money industry,and those are complex.There are not only Gan,Chu and other small business communities,but also big business communities,such as Jin,Yue and Gui.This reflects the commercial radiance of the region,but also to some extent indicates the economic influence of the business community in China.Each business community competes and cooperates with each other,which reflects the development and change of the Wuzhou Silver Money industry.The fourth part mainly analyzes the relationship between the Wuzhou Silver Money industry and the main social forces of modern Wuzhou,including the cooperation and competition with the new and the old Guangxi regime,the finance of the modern Guangxi Province,and the central financial institutions,as well as the interaction with the western economic forces.The survival and tortuous development of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry is the response to the historical development and economic changes of modern China.The fifth part summarizes the impact of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry on social economy.It analyzes the impact of Wuzhou Silver Money industry from the aspects of industrial and mining transportation,agriculture,commerce and trade.The ending of the article tries to make a comprehensive study on the development of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry.It also points out the development history and historical status,but the limitations of modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry.By examining the development history experience and the modern Wuzhou Silver Money industry,we have put forward some considerations on the regional economic development,especially the development of the financial industry,while which also provides us with some enlightenment and reference.