On The Flourishing And Decline Of Import And Export Of Fuzhou Port During The Period From 1844 To 1894

The period from 1844 to 1894 occupied a unique position in the history of foreign trade of Fuzhou, which witnessed the flourishing of Fuzhou foreign trade and the keeping the favorable balance of foreign trade. Based on the statistics from the annual custom report and the annual commercial report of the British Parliamentaryt Paperse, the author makes a more detailed and precise statistics of the import and export of Fuzhou port in this period and throws new light on the economical and social influence of foreign trade on Fuzhou and its vicinity.