柳州沙塘——抗战时期的中国“农都”

Shatang of Liuzhou——China’s "Headquater of Agricultural Research" during the Anti-Japanese War

抗战爆发前,广西农事试验场、广西大学农学院等机构已在柳州沙塘开展农业科研工作,奠定了广西近代农业科研的基础。“七七事变”后,全国各地的农业科研机构及其人员纷纷向西南大后方转移,聚集在沙塘,共同组建中国的“农都”。“农都”是战争的伴生物,是为抗战服务的。由于其基础脆弱和管理机制复杂等原因,使战时的农业科研受到很大制约。但是,它为全国各地的许多农业机构及其人员提供了避难的场所,延续了中国近代农业的科研力量,保持了一批有价值的农业科研设备和资料,促进农业科研机构、院校、企业、实验区以及管理机构和推广机构的合作,沟通了中国与世界的联系,争取国际力量对中国抗战的支持,在抗战史上具有重要而独特的作用。

Before the outbreak of the Anti--Japanese War, C-uangxi experimental farm and the Faculty of Agronomy of Guangxi University had carried out agricultural scientific research work in Shatang of Liuzhou, which laid the foundation of modern agricultural scientific research in Guangxi. After the ＂July 7th incident＂, agricultural scientific research institutions and their staff from diferrent regions of China went to Southwest China, gathered in Shatang of Liuzhou to form China＇ s ＂Headquater of Agricultural Research＂, which was in the service of the war of resistance. Due to the reasons such as the weak foundation and complex management mechanism, the wartime agricultural research is restricted by a lot. However, it provided shelter for many agricultural institutions all over the country and their staff, maintained China＇ s modern agricultural scientific research strength and a batch of valuable agricultural scientific research equipment and materials, promoted the cooperation among agricultural scientific research institutions, universities, businesses, experimental areas and government organizations, and promoted the communication between China and the world to strive for international efforts to support for the war of resistance, which played important and unique role during Anti--Japanese War.