异军突起的“新”兴产业——典当行

The Sudden Emergence of New Industries——Pawnshop

典当是以特定物品或者财产权利质押的形式,向典当机构借贷的特殊融资方式,其本质特征是以物换钱。典当行业作为一种特殊的融资方式,属于金融业与流通业中的一种边缘业种和业态,这个古老的行业,事隔多年以后,异军突起,焕发出勃勃生机,我们从新时期典当行产生的历史渊源、特殊社会功能和经济作用等方面,阐述典当行业在新时代的崭新前景。

Pawn is a special financing means to loan from pawnshop by mortgaging specific goods or property right ,the essence of which is to get money with goods, As a special financing means and a marginal business between finance and circulation business, the old-line pawn broking has played a unique role in capital circulation, goods safekeeping and commodity sale .This ancient industries,after many years later, have sprung up every where full of vitality.The article elaborates the historical origins of pawnshop in the new era,its special role in the economic and social functions and so forth：elaborating its new vitality of the pawns in the new times.