清代广东商人在山东的经济活动

The Economical Activities of the Cantonese Merchants in Shandong in the Qing Dynasty

清代山东是粤商在北方沿海地区活动的重要场所。粤商以济南、烟台、青岛为中心开展南北物资贸易,甚至投资设厂从事近代工业生产,在山东建立商号和会馆等商业组织,对山东社会经济的发展和南北经济文化的交流起到了积极作用。

In the Qing Dynasy, Shandong was an important place for the rich Cantonese merchants in the northern coastal regions. The Cantonese merchants focused their material trade on Ji'nan , Yantai and Qingdao between the north and the south of China, and some of the Cantonese merchants invested their capital into the modern industries in Shandong. Meanwhile the Cantonese merchants set up their commercial organizations such as shops and Guilds. The Cantonese merchants did good to the development of social economy of Shandong and the mutual exchange in economies and cultures between the north--south coastal regions.