Shanghai Timber Industry And Its Practitioners Study Of Modern Populations

Timber is the very basic material，used widely in building houses and irrigationworks and furniture. That is why timber had become an item of important goods inthe traditional commodity economy. The rapid growth of population in modernShanghai and port trade growing prosperity had made it become the demand oftimber market and one of the nations largest timber distribution centers. The periodof the Republic of Shanghai timber industry and the community will become thearticle’s research object, through analyzing the development and evolution of timberwood industry group, discussing its position and function in the social and economicdevelopment of Shanghai in Shanghai City, thus investigated the characteristics ofthe evolution from one side.This article was analyzed by3paragraphs:Firstly, this article will analyze the sources of modern Shanghai timber,transportation routes and the timber industry in the society and economy inShanghai. Shanghai didn’t have massive wood, so the domestic timber mainly fromFujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang Province and so on, but the mainlywood came from Fujian and Hangzhou. Hard wood timber imports mainly fromSoutheast Asia. The wood in modern shanghai transported to Shanghai by ship. Thetransport routes were made by Shenou wire and Shenrong line. The development ofmodern Shanghai wood industry general process and the source of timber andtransport routes will be investigated. Shanghai timber market originated in the end ofSui Dynasty and early Tang Dynasty, and developed in the Qing Dynasty. After theopening of Shanghai, there were more exotic wood, and more imported timberbusiness merchants. From1902-1931, Shanghai imported timber showed a generalincreasing trend, while domestic wood were reduced. During the war of resistanceagainst Japan, for the Chinas economic policy by Japan, Shanghai timber market soldimported wood, which came from Japan. Domestic timber market had suffered aheavy blow, but the Shanghai timber market was still in the continuing development.Secondly, Shanghai wood industry operation mechanism and social network will be investigated. When timber firm set up, it would pay attention to the terrainprinciple. The operation mechanism of wood industry was the business man wholived in the place which the timber came from. The transaction was the tea trade, infinancing investment firm; sole proprietorship was more than joint venture. In theirsocial network, through the investigation and social Bureau, Shanghai chamber ofCommerce, industry group, Fujian area contact, to discuss how to solve someeconomic disputes.Finally, the articles will analyze this period of Shanghai wood industry groupcharacteristics. Shanghai wood merchants came from Zhejiang Province, Jiangsu,aging from30to50. According to the functions, the group of Shanghai wood industrycan be divided in several parts: timber producers, dealers, wood timber merchants.Shanghai wood industry group can be divided into the shopping, associate,salesperson, porter in accordance with the division. People who worked with timbercan be divided as the apprentice, junior staff, and drummer. People who engaged inthe timber transportation work, lived a difficult life, and despite all this, they wouldgo on strike action to safeguard their own interests.