On The Development Of Modern National Flour Industry In Tianjin 1916-1949

Since ancient times, food problem has been an important issue related to the national economy.With the rise of mechanism flour industry, flour has become an important part of food resources and plays an increasingly important role in people’s daily life.During the Republican Period, Tianjin was the largest productive place of mechanism flour in North China, the largest sale market of mechanism flour all around the country and also one of the six major cities where the modern national capital machinery flour factory most concentrated and the most competitive flour sale market in China.The modern national flour industry of Tianjin went through a arduous development process with ups and downs,, and explore the course of its factor, development characteristics, limitations and other problems is valuable. We can still make a good knowledge of the change in Tianjin and even the country’s social and economic operation from the other side.