香山华侨与近代中山城市发展

The Overseas Chinese From Xiangshan and the Unban Development of Modern Zhongshan City

中山是全国著名侨乡之一,它在1925年以前被称作香山县。旅居海外的香山华侨心系家乡建设,出资出力。他们回乡参与政务,投资市政建设,完善公共服务设施,创办实业,捐资助学的兴乡之举,不仅繁荣了家乡的商贸经济,更有力地推动了近代中山城市建设发展的进程。该文以民国时期中山的城市建设为线索,探讨香山华侨对近代中山城市发展所作的巨大贡献。

Zhongshan is one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese, it was once called ＂Xiangshan＂ county before 1925. Though the overseas Chinese from Xiangshan living abroad, they concerned about the construction of hometown and gave great financing efforts. They returned to hometown and participated in government, invested municipal development, improved public services, established industry and donated to schools. These efforts not only led the hometown business economy booming, but also effectively promoted the urban construction process of modern Zhongshan. This paper was clued to the urban construction in Zhongshan during the period of the Republic of China, and investigated the great contributions of the overseas Chinese to the urban development of modern Zhongshan.