A Summary Of Modern Times'Wasteland And Reclamation In Northeast

Northeast China is a vast region and is very rich in kinds of mineral reserves, so it was uncommon at the time of China and the world. In addition, the thousand miles boundary line of northeast has made the strategic position of this piece of land be extremely important. So the development of the northeast region has been a focus of world concern.In the early Qing Dynasty, northeast was rigorously protected by the rulers as the birthplace of the ruling class. They carried out harsh policies and did not allow anyone to develop this region.However, with the decline of the Qing Dynasty, financial crises and the worsening frontier made the government have to carry out the policy of exploiting the wasteland of Northeast China. After the establishment of the Republic of China (1911), the northeastern region confronted further worsening frontier. The Russian was eye covetously and the Japan coveted, too. This had become a fact that can not be changed, especially after the Russo-Japanese War. Russia and Japan actually divided the interest boundary in the northeast region. At that time, the fact made the central government and local government in the northeast region recognize the seriousness of the situation and began to carry out policies and measures, such as taking a large number of immigrants to enrich the northeast border, developing the wasteland of the northeast, to realize the purpose of protecting the rich natural resources and vast area northeast. After "9.18" incident, the Japanese imperialists occupied the northeastern region, practicing predatory development in the northeast region, made this ancient land has been developed in some extent. But they implemented the various policies and measures in the northeast region for the purpose of plundering. So it did not really mean to develop the resources of this region.Along with development of the land in the northeast region, the type of crop varieties had changed; the planting area had been increased and also created a specialized production region. The planting area of soybeans, sorghum, millet and other crops further increased. The plant of paddy and wheat was further extended. The export of agricultural products substantially increased and gradually formed the world's leading products. Moreover, the development of land and the development of agriculture had also led to the development of the transportation, commerce, the processing industry and other relevant industries in northeastern region. These developments culminated in a large-scale development of the northeast region. However, the urgency of the development of the northeast region and the rulers lacking of reasonable plan of development in the region brought so many development issues, so it influenced the development process and also affected the development of future generations. Nevertheless, the development of the northeast achieved the rulers' purpose of consolidating the border.Therefore, studying and understanding the development of wasteland of northeast region in the late period of Qing Dynasty and the Republic China can deepen our understanding of the policy measures of the society environment and scope of the crisis, deeply understand urgent needs of the people in the process of saving the road in the nation's existence in peril. Meanwhile, this period' development also offered a lot of useful experiences for the rejuvenation of Northeast China' old industrial zones.