The Appearance And Development Of Modern Harbin's Flour Industry (1900-1945)

The rise of modern flour industry marked the establishment of modern Harbin industry, since the modern industry is the symbol of regional civilization developing from traditional agricultural times to early modern times. Accordingly, modern industry is the key element of Harbin modern industry's rise and development.The author tries to expound the appearance and background of modern Harbin flour industry in three aspects. The first section focuses on the background of the appearance of modern Harbin flour industry, there are three reasons. Firstly, the construction of mid-east railway and the appearance of Harbin modern traffics are the basic conditions of the appearance of modern Harbin flour industry'; secondly, the establishment of modern market system and the development of Harbin regional economy is the significant guarantee of the appearance of modern Harbin flour industry; last, the immigration and diversification of Harbin dietary structure are the dynamic sources of the appearance of modern Harbin's flour industry. With the help of these three reasons, modern Harbin flour industry rose and developed quickly. The second section presents the details of the development of modern Harbin flour industry. There are three phases. 1900-1914 is the first phase and also the early stage: in this part, in order to understand the modern flour industry well and summarize the equipment technology and business circumstance of flour industry in different phases, the author tries to analyze the equipment technology and business circumstance of modern Harbin flour industry. And in the same part, the author introduces the monopoly of modern Harbin flour industry by overseas Russians through the establishment, apogee and decline of the flour industry of overseas Russians.1914-1931 is the silver age of modern Harbin flour industry: this part introduces the prosperity of Harbin national flour industry, and pays more attention to the two flour industries"Shuang Hesheng"and"Tian Xingfu"as the representatives of modern Harbin flour industry. And then the author focuses on expounding the competition between national and foreign flour industries in raw material's buying , transportation cost and market competition. 1931-1945 is the period of the transformation: the author expounds the controlling situation of Japanese flour industry and discusses the current situation of national flour industry, analyzing the reasons, performance and the end towards decline of its tortuous development. The third section summarizes the historical significance and experience of the development of modern Harbin flour industry. Modern industry promotes the progress of Harbin agricultural modernization, industrial modernization and urbanization; promotes the rise of Harbin modern national capitalist class and its group. Through introduction of the progress of setting up brands and trying to improve competition, the author analyzes the modern Harbin flour industry's experience and lessons to current national flour industry.