Exploration of Hunan Wooden Sailboat Transportation Industry from the Perspective of Social Transformation(1949-1952)
The years from 1949 to 1952 is a period of national economic recovery,characterized by rapid social changes and re-construction and development of various industries under the New Democratic economic order.The wooden sailboat transportation mar-ket was rebuilt and became an important transportation force.Take Hunan as an example.After the founding of the People's Republic of China,the wooden sailboat industry was gradually restored to establish a New Democratic transportation market order;tariffs were lowered,management was strengthened,and the advantages of intermodal transport by private ships were brought into play in material exchange between urban and rural areas,and a large transportation system was set up.As a result,native products,minerals and grain could be transported out of rural areas,industrial products and salt were transported to rural areas,the terminal of the rural primary market was expanded,and new commercial routes were opened up,which played an important role in the construction of national pro-jects.
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