Governance Of Rivers In Guangdong And Pearl River Governance(1914-1929)

The Pearl River is the largest river in Guangdong,and its research on governance is an entry point for exploring Guangdong's socio-economic culture.In 1914,the Beijing government set up a special organization for the management of the Pearl River water conservancy in Guangzhou,which supervised the Guangdong River Regulation Office(hereinafter referred to as the Guangdong River Regulation Office).This article tries to make a comprehensive understanding of the Pearl River water conservancy construction in the early period of the Republic of China by combing and exploring the organization,evolution and management of water conservancy management in Guangdong River governing area.It is with such a full-time water conservancy institution in Guangdong that the Pearl River water conservancy development shows a different trend from before.The organizational structure of Guangdong River Management Department is different from the past.It adopts a scientific management method and a corresponding regulatory management system to provide a reliable institutional guarantee for the effective operation of the organization.At the same time,through the introduction of advanced modern water conservancy technology,the detailed survey of the topography,hydrology and level of the Pearl River river is organized and led,and a specific water conservancy project is carried out according to the specific observation results,and a batch of influential water conservancy projects have been completed gradually,which has accumulated rich and abundant water conservancy construction in the future.Technical data of value.In addition,the agency has also carried out a very meaningful exploration and development in the Pearl River shipping and port construction,and made a positive and effective contribution to the development of the Pearl River shipping.It can be said that the harness of the Guangdong River to the Pearl River has opened a new journey for the modernization of the Pearl River.The management and construction of the Pearl River in Guangdong is a hard and hard exploration under the limited social conditions at that time.The methods and measures of its governance still deserve our study and reference.Under thebackground of fully implementing the river length system in the country,it is of positive historical value and practical significance to study the governance of the Pearl River in Guangdong by harnessing the river.