Qingdao Customs House Research (1899-1922)

Customs are plastic after the German occupation of Jiaozhou Bay in July 1899 set up in Qingdao, which is the Western powers in modern China's first set up a customs concession. Customs plastic in its formative years did not achieve the purpose of concession prosperity, in order to change this First the status quo, in December 1905 re-signed the "Qingdao will set up hurdles to amend taxation approach", the implementation of this approach was a great success, which not only makes plastic Customs greatly increase customs revenue, but also stimulated the Qingdao port economy development.November 1914, Qingdao occupation force in Japan, glue them to the Customs and Excise Department has also been plundered. customs forced to suspend operations in the plastic on the Customs and Excise personnel problem, the Japanese government obstructive, although an agreement after the plastic back to China Customs, but in fact the right of control in the hands of the Japanese, plastic nature of the customs concession has not changed.Germany and Japan during the occupation of plastic Customs, respectively, the use of its plastic customs control, plunder of raw materials to Chinese Chinese dumping of goods, so that the economic development of the Shandong region with a serious colonial color, but at a certain extent, also promoted Shandong modern economic development. February 1922 meeting of the Washington Conference adopted the two sides signed the "settlement of outstanding Treaty of Shandong" and "attachment." "Treaty" provides plastic Customs are part of the Chinese Customs. June 29 the same year, the Chinese government to recover the plastic customs, rubber concession from the nature of the Customs and Excise only.