Research Article
Establishment of Chinese Railway Ministry and Long Hai Railway in China Nationalist government
Sogang Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University
Published: August 2005 · Vol. 24 No. 2 · pp. 35-68
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Abstract
After Sino-Japanese War, the Great Power used the assurance of the construction railroad as the typical means of invasion. Since then Chinese officials and people recovered rights of the railroad for the purpose of the establishment of Chinese independence which they regarded Chinese modernization and the process of modern nation as the one of the most important tasks. In addition, the development of raisins the central government's control and nationalization regarding national railroad was governed the prevailance of influence the militarists and establishment of centralized nationalist state and was considered very significance matters. In this context, Nanjing nationalist government set up the Railway Ministry independently as to repay the existing financial obligation and increase the invest credits of the private capital into the Chinese railroad. Also, the government devised uniformity control of Railroad Ministry about all nation railroad networks and Ministration of Railroad standardization through the improvement of the rate of railroad nationalization. The Railroad ministry of Nanjing government constructed Trans-China Railroad, Long Hai Railroad initially commence development of agricultural industry and settled overpopulation of the coast into the northwest. It enhanced the development of Chinese economy by supplying Chinese nations industry materials in northwest, rich natural resources. It also developed natural resources in the northwest to enhance Chinese nation economy by supplying materials of Chinese nation's industry. Besides these economic aims, it regarded both the construction of Long Hai Railway and development of the northwest Xinjiang as preventing the Soviet Union's expansion into Xinjiang, the frontier and also strengthened its political and military power.
