Research About The Agricultural Council Of The Republic Of China (1936-1941)

The Agricultural Bureau was an agricultural finance of national body of the Republic of China rural financial system, It was established by Nanjing National Government was in order to adjust agricultural financial. It was an important part of rural financial system during the Republic of China. Republic of China was a transition that the traditional rural financial system hadn't been disintegrated and the new rural financial system had not been established. During this period, the national government increasing emphasis on the design of the rural financial system, the establishment of this Council was an important performance.Agricultural Bureau, as adjustment of agricultural finance institutions, established in 1936, It was borned in the context of the traditional way of rural finance was ineffective, the new channels of rural finance were sluggish, and the government forces gradually deepening the financial sector. The Government hoped it to become a powerful financial tool, of Council regulation, and its purpose is "distribution of agricultural funds, adjustment of agricultural products, so as to developing the national rural". Agricultural Bureau established a network based on the nationwide agricultural credit by supporting the establishment of Agricultural Cooperative Bank, building the national agricultural storage system and making agricultural production loans. Through these measures, Agricultural Bureau played a role that can not be ignored in promoting the development of modern agricultural finance, the designing of agricultural finance system and the formation of agricultural policy. However, due to deficiencies with many problems, Agricultural Council should not only as the country's rural financial management institutions to achieve policy mission, but also as a financial authority in the practical business.should pay attention to the interests of both commercial banks and specialized agricultural credit. And it was not the only organ in the actual business process for rural areas. and made confliction with other organs, causing a lot of criticism. In the war environment, the government had emergency response, the introduction of the emergency nature of agricultural credit policy. Agricultural Council was given the temporary task of many farm Council and agricultural business, and the Regional Agricultural Credit Loan for an adjustment decreased during the war and reduced the development of its own .its business were incorporated into the specialized agencies finally. Agricultural Bureau ultimately did not complete the mission assigned to it by the Government, did not fundamentally change the status of the rural financial system.