Changing Time And Sizing Situation:Political Participation Of Chambers Of Commerce In Hunan,Hubei And Jiangxi In Modern Times

China has started a long and tortuous modernization process from a traditional agricultural country to a modern country,Since the late Qing Dynasty,and traditional social economy,politics,and culture have changed day by day.With the unfolding of the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty,the Chamber of Commerce,a new type of merchant organization,took root in various places from top to bottom,gradually replacing the status of traditional merchant organizations such as Guild Hall in the economic field,and showing a trend of infiltrating into the political field.The Chamber of Commerce is a product of the changes of the times,and it has adopted active and passive political methods and behaviors in the complex political situation.The chambers of commerce in the three provinces of Hunan,Hubei,and Jiangxi are no exception,and their participation in political life is the proper meaning of chambers of commerce and local political research.This article is mainly based on archives and newspaper materials,with the social changes in modern China as the research background,trying to use the businessman’s own logic to sort out the political participation of the Chamber of Commerce in Hunan,Hubei and Jiangxi during the Revolution of 1911,the Northern Expedition,the War of Resistance against Japan and the election of the National Congress.And analyze its methods and reasons.It can be seen not only that the chambers of commerce in Hunan,Hubei,and Jiangxi provinces in various stages of modern times have chosen to assess the situation,their feelings of disgust,national moral encouragement,and their eagerness to participate in politics,but also can reflect from the side the relationship between the chambers of commerce and the government in the three provinces of Hunan,Hubei and Jiangxi The relationship also provides a glimpse of the political,economic and other social changes in the three provinces of Hunan,Hubei,and Jiangxi in a long historical period.Although the times,domestic and foreign political environments,and government powers are different,chambers of commerce,as an economic group,are the most "knowing time and fickle".They all use their own efforts to influence the government’s decision-making,and always insist on fighting for the interests of businessmen to the greatest extent.Groups of businessmen speak out.