1930年前后北平商民废除崇文门税关运动

The Campaign of Peiping Merchants Abolished the Chongwenmen Taxation around 1930

崇文门税关创设于明代,从其最初开办起,就有种种“恶税”之名。其生命力却异常旺盛,持续至民国年间。民国时期,由于崇关的苛弊,时有将其划为地方税的呼声,也有将其废除的意见。直至1928年国民政府迁都南京,北平商民眼见留都于北平不成,便积极开展废除崇文门税关的请愿活动。在北平商界的主要参与以及河北、天津等地商民的声援下,崇文门税关终于在1931年元旦废除。于此,北平商民的负担得以减轻,也为北平经济的恢复提供了新的机会。

Chongwenmen Taxation was established in the Ming Dynasty.From its initial opening,there were various names of“bad taxes”.Its vitality is very strong and lasts until the Republic of China.During the Republic of China,because the disadvantages of Chongwenmen Taxation,there was a call for it to be classified as a local tax,and there was also an opinion to abolish it.Until the National Government moved to Nanjing in 1928,the merchants of Beiping saw it is impossible for Peiping to be the capital and they actively carried out the petition activities to abolish the taxation of Chongwenmen.Under the main participation of the Beiping business community and the solidarity of businessmen and people in Hebei and Tianjin,the Chongwenmen taxation was finally abolished on New Year s Day in 1931.At the same time,the burden of the merchants in Beiping has been alleviated,and it has also provided new opportunities for the recovery of the Peiping economy.