中国禁毒先驱唐国安

Tang Guo-an:the Forerunner of Chinese Drug Control

1909年在上海召开的万国禁烟会,是世界近代史上第一次国际性的禁烟会议,它首次确认了鸦片等毒品必须在世界范围内禁止,会议决议的内容多被以后的海牙禁烟公约所采纳,成为国际社会反毒禁毒的普遍原则。唐国安,这位留学生才俊,是清廷选中参加上海万国禁烟会的中国代表之一。在会前,他积极筹备会议事务,在选择会址、核查各地禁烟实况等问题上费尽心思;会上,他以中国各地已取得的禁烟成绩为依据,与其他国家与会代表展开辩论,发表精彩演讲,获得大会好评;会后,他仍不遗余力地投身于禁烟事业中,将禁烟思想发扬光大,进一步推进中国禁烟运动的发展与壮大,是流芳千古的中国禁毒先驱。

The Shanghai International Opium conference, held in Shanghai in 1909, was the first international drug control conference in the modern and contemporary history of the world. It affirmed for the first time that drugs such as opium should be forbidden in the world. The main contents of the conference were adopted by Hague International Opium Convention and accepted as the general principles for the international anti-drug campaign. As a member of the Qing government delegation attending the conference, Tang Guo - an prepared the meeting with other representatives and made great efforts on choosing the site of the conference, checking out the condition of opium control before the meeting. During the conference, he was well - reputed for discussing with the representatives of other countries and giving excellent speech based on opium forbidding achievement in China. After the meeting, Tang Guo - an devoted himself into the work of opium forbidding and encouraged the spreading of anti - opium spirit and promoted the development of the anti-opium campaign of the nation.