The Transportation Industry of Salt in Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region in 1941 Taking the Qingyang Region as an Example

Abstract

After 1941, the relations between the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Nationalist Party are strained, an economic blockade was imposed on the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region by the Chinese Nationalist Party, to result in extremely serious financial difficulties in Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region led by the Communist Party. Faced with this situation, under the leadership of the CPC, the people vigorously developed one of the natural resources — salt. With the increase in output, the salt in the border region is not only enough for the people there to their daily use, but also a large amount of surplus can be used for export to the National reunification area to ease the economic crisis in the border region. This thesis takes the various measures taken in the salt industry transportation in the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region in 1941 as the object of investigation, and focuses on the salt industry transportation practice in the Qingyang area today. It illustrated that the salt transportation policy of the ShaanGan-Ning Border Region in 1941 and its implementation have enabled the Border Region to overcome various difficulties such as poor road capacity and lack of human and animal power. It has transported a large amount of salt to the area that ruled by Chinese Nationalist Party and supported the economic construction of the Border Region. Keywords—Shaan-Gan-Ning border region; Salt’s transportation; case study