潮帮批信局与侨汇流通之发展初探

The Relationship Between Chaobang Post Office and the Development of Overseas Remittance

潮人蹈海异邦,将其所赚金钱如何通过银行以外而自成系统的侨批行业,用"批"寄回家乡赡养家眷;侨批行业怎样分作潮帮、闽帮、粤帮;潮批于战时前后寄回潮汕地区有何不同;战时前后如何由不与银行汇通而结合为侨汇流通之发展;侨批汇款对潮汕贸易平衡有何作用,素来少人关注,该文就此而综合资料,一一予以初探,将其发展历史重现。

The Chaozhou people crossed the sea and migrated to the foreign land. But how did they mail the money they earned back to their hometown to raise their family？ How was the Qiaopi industry divided into Chaozhou gang, Fujian gang and Guangdong gang？ What is the difference of mailing back to Chaoshan area in pre-war time and post-war time？ HOW did the Qiaopi develop from non-bank-associated remittance into bank-associated remittance？ What function did the Qiaopi remittance have to the trade balance of Chaoshan area？ However, few people concentrate on the questions above. In light of this, I will give my initial research of them one by one by integrating materials and data. thus to reproduce the Qiaopi＇ history of development.