A Study About The Chamber Of Commerce Belong To Baotou During Enemy Occupation

On October 17,1937,Baotou fell,and Japan immediately began its colonial rule.After the military occupation of Baotou,Japan established a pseudo-regime politically,the Baotou Municipal Office,and began to implement a control policy in the economy.The chamber of commerce,as an industrial and commercial group in Baotou,is naturally an important target of Japanese control.When Japan occupied Baotou,the Baotou Chamber of Commerce came forward to organize the maintenance meeting to stabilize the situation in Baotou and welcome the Japanese army into the city.The Baotou Chamber of Commerce also became one of the organizations controlled by Japan earlier.run.Since then,the Baotou Chamber of Commerce has changed its name to the Baotou Chamber of Commerce,re-enacted the articles of association of the chamber of commerce and transformed the original system of the chamber of commerce.The most important thing is to incorporate the trade association into the chamber of commerce system and establish a hierarchical network structure of the chamber of commerce-the trade guild-the firm.Japan uses trade associations to deeply control the grassroots,investigate business intelligence,contact low-level firms,communicate economic policies,and serve its economic control,so that the trade associations in Baotou actually act as tools for Japan and the puppet to implement economic control in their daily operations.Politically,the Baotou Chamber of Commerce mainly cooperated with Japan to participate in donating money,attending various "anniversary day" activities,and cooperating with enslavement propaganda,all of which indicated that the Baotou Chamber of Commerce had become a traitor organization at this time,and its functions had also changed.Although the functions of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce have changed at this time,in terms of levying health fees and other issues,collecting high health fees on behalf of the Japanese and puppets,while reducing the burden on businessmen and citizens,and playing the role of communicating between officials and businessmen,is also a last resort for them to survive.At this time,the organization and operation of the Baotou Chamber of Commerce did not change much from the previous form,but it was controlled by Japan everywhere in its actual operation.Although the Chamber of Commerce regarded itself as a "democratic" non-governmental organization,it had in fact lost its independence.characteristics of civil society.Under Japan’s manipulation,the Baotou Chamber of Commerce safeguarded Japan’s interests economically and politically,and became a hawk who cooperated with Japan to control the people of Baotou.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War,the Baotou Chamber of Commerce ended with the end of Japanese rule in Baotou.