上海开埠初期的远洋贸易形态与结构——以飞剪船为中心

Ocean-going Trade Patterns and Structures in the Early Days of Shanghai—It Centers on Clipper Ship

1843年上海开埠后,凭借得天独厚的区位优势以及宽松的政治和社会环境,在对外贸易方面逐渐取代了广州,成为近代以来中西贸易的中心。19世纪50年代以后,各国商船开始直接驶入上海,大批外国商人纷至沓来,上海开始与欧洲、美洲直接发生商务联系。

In the early days of Shanghai’s port opening,from the mid 1840s to the late 1860s,Shanghai’s ocean-going import and export trade mainly consisted of opium,raw silk and tea.And the proprietor of ocean-going trade were mainly large foreign merchants with strong capital who came to Shanghai in the early stage of opening port.At the same time,because they were very powerful,before the birth of independent professional shipping service agency,they mainly relied on their own had ocean business oceangoing ships,and so Shanghai import and export trade was almost completely dominated by them.In addition,in order to reduce costs and improve efficiency,various foreign companies had built special clipper ships for transporting opium and tea.The use and promotion of the clipper ships in Shanghai’s ocean trade during this period that played an important role in promoting the development of Shanghai’s oceangoing trade at the beginning of the opening port,and further opening up and expanding the market of Shanghai’s modern ocean trade.