| It has a variety of mineral resources in Anhui Province, especially in Coal, iron and copper, with other minerals, some of which have played an important role among the nation's mineral energy supply. Since the late Qing Dynasty, by foreign capitalism and Westernization Movement, Anhui mining industry started, and gradually into ranks of modern times, the first use of the machine is in Chizhou coal production as the symbol. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, foreign businessmen established a series of mines in Anhui Province, and some locals also set up mine. As awareness of the importance of mining, Anhui people began to compete for mineral rights from the hands of foreigners. However, due to the lack of poor mining knowledge, backward technology, outdated equipment and other subjective reasons, mining industry resulting in time-consuming work. With the Japanese low-cost acquisition of iron sand, the warlords capturing the mines and so on, so that the difficulties encountered in development of Anhui mines. Undeniably, in late Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic in China, Anhui mining developed to some extent.In the 1920s and 1930s, Anhui mining arise downdraght year by year. During this period, whether official or commercial mines, which are a large number of, for lack of funds and arrears in tax, a lot of mine were cancelled. Even worse, the Japanese put ore prices down. Mining industry looks very bad. But Huainan Coal Mine brings vitality in the 1930s from the organization, transportation to production and marketing, production facilities. Official capital are closely linked. In order to solve problems in this period, specialists concerned in various comments and suggestions, trying to revive the mining industry of Anhui. For individual mines having serious problem, such as Shuidong Mine and Mantou Mine, Government carried out focused works from the fund-raising to building in a comprehensive guidance and participation, trying to make mines profitable.During the war of resistance against Japanese, the Japanese set up the revitalization of companies and mining companies in Central China, and the puppet regime, controlled and plundered economic enterprise including mining in the region. And a large number of iron ore was shipped back to Japan or for war. They mainly plundered some important mines such as the Ma On Shan Iron and Huainan Coal Mine, which related Yufan Company, Baoxing Company and Huainan companies. These companies are controlled by Japan to some extent as sources of raw materials. China being faced with a crisis, the public of Anhui advocated cutting off all economic ties with Japan, not allowing minerals to be lost in Japan. But Yufan and other companies continued selling a large number of mines in the pursuit of profit, resulting in people's sulking. People began to protest against their behavior, even resort to the anti-Japanese organization of capital, making them stop this behavior.The anti-Japanese organization of capital put punishment on them. But effect is not idealistic. After the war, most of mining companys were seized by the Kuomintang authorities. In short, Mining industry of Anhui was under the direction of the decline. |
