A Study on the Reconstruction Process of Jeju Overseas Chinese Society After Liberation and Economic and Social Activities: Focusing on the activities of Autonomous District and the establishment of the Chinese elementary school

The purpose of this paper is to further enrich the life history of Jeju Overseas Chinese(Jeju Hwagyo) by supplementing the limitations of previous studies and examining the reconstruction process of Jeju Overseas Chinese society and the impact of the results on the lives of them after liberation. In addition, when research on Chinese history in Korea is very scarce after liberation, it was intended to expand the horizon of Overseas Chinese history in Korea through this research in the same period. The main fact revealed through the study was that Jeju Chinese formed a Overseas Chinese society through steady growth during Japanese colonial era since they moved to Jeju before 1909, but the Chinese society almost collapsed as it withdrew to China due to the influence of the Sino-Japanese War at the end of Japanese colonial era. However, after liberation, the Jeju Chinese Overseas society was rebuilt through the organization and operation of the Chinese Autonomous District and the opening of the Chinese Primary School, and cultural identity was secured. Based on these reconstruction activities, inland Chinese who flowed into Jeju due to evacuation were able to easily settle in Jeju society, and were able to carry out active economic activities centered on the food industry with existing Jeju Hwagyo. As a result, Jeju Chinese Overseas society showed an active appearance, with its population increasing until the mid-70s. it showed efforts to harmonize with the local community through continuous participation in local cultural events. This point can be said to be a unique appearance of Jeju Overseas Chinese in contrast to other local Overseas Chinese. Future research projects can be said to be studies on the trends and causes of re-migration of Jeju Chinese after the late 1970s, and the relationship between old hwagyo and new hwagyo which flowed into after diplomatic relations between Korea and China in 1992.