The steel industry of Nationalist China in the postwar period, 1945-1949 : an analysis of the reconstruction of Tayeh plant

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  • 戦後中国の鉄鋼業建設計画に関する一考察 : 大冶鉄廠の復興計画を中心に
  • センゴ チュウゴク ノ テッコウギョウ ケンセツ ケイカク ニ カンスル イチ コウサツ タイヤテツショウ ノ フッコウ ケイカク オ チュウシン ニ

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As is generally known, construction of the steel industry was an important factor in the economic reconstruction during the early period of the People's Republic of China. However, it is not known that construction of a steel industry was also advocated by postwar Nationalist China. This paper analyses the steel industry of this period from the following three viewpoints. The first considers the location of the construction site at the planning stage. The second examines the distribution of financial funds and foreign relations when the plan was implemented in the postwar period. The third studies the difficulties of the construction process. Through this analysis, it became clear that the Nationalist government had made a point of reconstructing Tayeh plant in central China. The intent of the policymakers was to prepare the economy for adaption to the open economic system of the postwar world. However, they could neither acquire a loan from the United States nor compensation from Japan, which was essential for the implementation of their policy. Therefore they turned to reopening existing plants in north and northeast China, which were occupied by communist forces soon thereafter. As a result, Nationalist China lost its steel industry much earlier than it had expected.

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