China's vast territory, has a long history and many people. there are great differences between the different regions, not only economic, cultural, customs, religious differences, and economic production, social construction can vary considerably. The systematic study of a region, not only help us form in-depth understanding of the region and the whole process of historical development, but also make us have more understanding about the current situation in the region. The agriculture in Hetao area has been rapid development in Qing Dynasty to promote huge change in its socio-economic conditions, division of the Hetao area expanded and impled the development of commodity economy, farmland throughout, traders appeared more. Through the historical data we find that the close relationship between the agricultural development of farmland and water conservancy construction through studying the causes, scale and form of organization about the irrigation development,we can better reveal the secret of economic development in the Hetao area, we also form a better understanding about the economic development situation in the Qing Dynasty.This paper focuses on the relationship about the water construction and agricultural development. From analysis of the natural conditions we know the key is the construction of irrigation facilities in economic development, from the immigration and tenancy relations, we point the factors affecting the development of agriculture, we also carried out some analysis about and the organizers of water conservancy construction in hetao area. The conclusion is a series factors of interrelated driving the economic development in hetao area, the huge demand for food in the mainland, large population migration and the accumulation in merchant capital and investment are the key factors.This paper uses the economics, management, history, sociology research methods, for the analysis of certain factors in the Economic Development of the hetao area and, we use extensive historical data in the analysis process for the economic development of the hetao area, from the perspectives, such as the migration, the tenancy relationship, the food needs, the business activities to real explain the mystery of the economic development. |