中国中西部地区领事中心——重庆

Chongqing,Consular Center Of Middle And Western China

重庆在历史上就是中国中西部地区的领事中心。早在公元1890年(清朝光绪十六年),就有法国、英国、德国、美国、日本等五国在重庆先后设立了领事馆。此后,从1938年到1946年国民政府迁都重庆期间,先后有26个国家在重庆设立了大使馆(外交机构)。在所有的国家中,英国是最早在渝设立领事馆的国家。最早的英国驻重庆总领事馆设立于1890年4月1日。最早派驻重庆的外国外交官是1877年英国派来的贝德卢。最早派驻重庆的外国总领事是英领馆的卢富礼,英总领馆领区范围主要包括四川、贵州等地。最初的法围驻渝总领事馆设立于1896年3月26日,首任领事是哈士。该馆主要负责办理四川、贵州、云南。

<Abstrct>Chongqing was the consularcenter of middle and western Chinain history. As early as 1890, 5 coun-tries, France, Great Britain, Ger-many, United States and Japan setup their consulates here succes-sively. During the time when Chongqing was the War Capital,foreign consulates gathered here.Beginning from January, 1938, lotsof foreign countries moves their em-bassies from Nanjing to Chongqing.Among them were the Soviet Union,France, Great Britain, Germany, Italy,Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands,Turkey, Chile, Norway, Australia,Burma, Mexico, Czech, India, Po-land, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Iran,Sweden, Argentina, Switzerland,theprovisional government of Korea andChina Branch of the InternationalLabour Bureau. From 1998 to March, 2000; 3of the 7 west countries have estab-lished their consulates in Chongqing.