Research On Resources Committee And The Development Of Industry And Mining Industry In Gansu Province In Wartime(1937-1945)

The resources committee is a special organization under the national government that is responsible for industrial construction.It was formerly the national defense Design Committee established in 1932,and formally renamed as the resources committee in 1935.It is mainly responsible for national defense heavy industry planning and economic construction.In 1937,with the outbreak of the all-round Anti Japanese War and the fall of the southeast coastal provinces,industrial and mining enterprises were seriously damaged.The focus of the work of the resources committee was shifted to the rear area,including Gansu,for heavy industry construction and special mineral development.In this context,actively developing Gansu Industry and mining industry to support the Anti Japanese war has become an important reason for the development of Gansu Province by The resources committee.Before the war,although Gansu was vast in territory and rich in raw material resources,its social and economic development level was backward,especially its industrialization level was relatively low.With the support of the resources committee and Gansu provincial government,Gansu oil and Mineral Bureau,Gansu mining company,Gansu coal mine bureau,Lanzhou power plant,Tianshui power plant,Gansu machinery plant,Gansu cement company,Gansu alcohol plant,Huating electric porcelain plant and other enterprises have been completed and put into operation rapidly.After the end of the Anti Japanese War,the national government turned its focus to accept the enterprises recovered from the enemy occupied areas,and the industrial and mining development activities of the resources committee in Gansu Province declined sharply.However,these enterprises have a far-reaching impact on the development of Gansu Industry and mining industry from the aspects of product research and development,technological innovation,personnel training and so on.A series of development activities provided a certain economic guarantee for the victory of the Anti Japanese War,improved the unreasonable layout of the industry and mining industry in Gansu before the war,and paved the way for the modernization of the industry and mining industry in Gansu to a certain extent after the war.