The Development Of Modern Xijiang Shipping And Wuzhou City (1897-1937)

In the 19th century is the century of economic globalization, such as Britain and France have already completed the industrial revolution in western countries, a driving force for steam and big machine production mode allows them to raw material markets around the world, dump their industrial products, many countries have been included in the world capitalist economic system, by the western powers economic plunder. In the late 19th century early 20th century, the invasion of western powers forces have not meet the coastal areas of China, they look to wider inland China. After the sino-japanese war, countries such as Britain and France plan, several desire to access traffic arteries in southwestern China, under the force of the current political situation, the qing government had to sign a treaty with Britain, open about wuzhou for commercial port, west was open navigation. Since wuzhou was also under the influence of the world capitalist market. Marx thought to improve the transportation development of transportation industry also belongs to the category of the general productivity development, and traffic is an important part of urban infrastructure construction, is the artery of urban economic development. Wuzhou after the opening, the Chinese and foreign businessmen are investing development of shipping industry, for xijiang navigation, Chinese and foreign wheel forces in the fierce competition in the west, national shipping finally ocean shipping as the dominant force in xijiang shipping. Modern xijiang shipping obtain great development under the impetus of the Chinese and foreign forces. After the opening of wuzhou, shipping, trade as the forerunner, to the emergence of modern industrial productivity provides a relatively mature market environment. Is the emergence of modern industrial economic structure transformation of wuzhou city in the most profound changes, the city and on the path of modernization. Under the influence of modern shipping industry, commercial and industrial development, the appearance of wuzhou city began to change, as the docks, municipal engineering construction, wuzhou urban spatial pattern changes greatly, toward the direction of city modernization. With city economic structure transformation, the wuzhou social organization also changes. Which has the function of modern commercial chamber of commerce to replace the traditional hall, gradually increase the proportion of the population, industry and commerce with the birth of the national bourgeoisie, the merchant’s social status and influence to get promoted. In the process of the change of social organization, represented by the workers of the proletariat boarded the stage of history, with the attitude of independent movement of workers and peasants to flourish, the national democratic consciousness of the proletariat gradually regained consciousness. Wuzhou there is a slow development of modernization, the abnormal prosperity of foreign trade, commercial and industrial development imbalance, and many other issues, and due to the economic radiation by guangdong and Hong Kong, has a strong dependence.The first part of the article simply introduces the xijiang waterway transport geography situation and the development of the modern xijiang shipping before the main context, and from the need of imperialist aggression and the needs of the development of regional economy dual aspects modern xijiang shipping the cause of the rise.The second part of the rise and development of the modern xijiang shipping made detailed comb, from wuzhou after the opening, the strength of the ocean shipping invasion; British business monopoly xijiang shipping, to the rise of national shipping industry and ocean shipping in xijiang waging fierce competition on the historical process, with detailed data, charts, intuitively show the modern xijiang shipping up and down. Including governance of xijiang and waterway regulation, wharf, etc on the construction of hardware are described in details. Finally discusses the characteristics of modern xijiang shipping development include:unbalanced development of space and ships and civilian complementary development pattern.The third part discusses the wuzhou open port after the prosperity and development of the business and lead to the change of economic structure, the bank industry, PingMa industry such as emerging industry with modern significance. The prosperity of shipping and trade also provides an opportunity for the modern industrial production, lead to industrial modernization. Also discusses the spatial pattern of wuzhou city in the shipping, trade development under the influence of the change. The changes of the social organizations in the economic organization and hierarchy. The last wuzhou city is discussed from two aspects of the characteristics and the problems existing in the development process of modernization.Finally, summarized the views on the front part of integrated, at the same time contact reality revealed realistic significance of the research.