晚清海外捐纳政策分析

On the Overseas Subscription Policy of Late Qing Dynasty

财政压力与身份认同是晚清政府将捐纳政策从国内延伸到海外华侨的基础,此后这一政策也成为晚清政府争取海外华侨经济支持和政治认同的重要手段。在推广过程中,这一政策体现了渐次开放性、积极主动、讲究策略、集中等特征。实践中,海外捐纳政策既给晚清政府带来了一定的经济、政治收益,也使部分海外华侨获得了一定的政治和社会资本,并一定程度上实现了其身份认同需求。

Financial pressure and identity were the basis for the late Qing government to extend the donation policy from domestic to overseas Chinese.Later,it had become an important means of the government to strive for overseas Chinese’s economic support and political identity.In the process of popularization,this policy embodies the characteristics of gradual openness,initiative,strategy and concentration.In practice,the overseas subscription policy brought a certain economic and political benefits to the government,and some overseas Chinese had certain political and social capital,and to a certain extent,it realized their identity needs.