抗战时期中福联合处在武汉经济活动述论

On Zhongfu Joint Office's Economic Activities in Wuhan During the Anti-Japanese War Period

中福两公司联合办事处(简称中福联合处)是近代时期主要在河南省经营煤矿的中英合营大型企业。抗战爆发后,该企业为避免沦陷后煤矿资敌,将主要职员和数千吨机器设备迁移武汉。这一时期,该企业一方面想方设法在武汉开展多种经营,一方面积极与国民政府资源委员会及民营的民生公司等合作,在湖南湘潭及四川天府、嘉阳、威远、石燕等地兴办煤矿。其英国的福公司成为当时中国政府独家委托出口钨砂的代理商。该处为抗战时期内迁工矿企业如何发展做出了表率,为中国的抗日战争及后方工业建设做出了重要而特殊的贡献。

The Zhongfu Joint Office was a large Sino-British coal mining company in modern China. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out,the company moved its main staff and thousands of tons of machinery to Wuhan in case the enemy might make use of the mines. While in Wuhan,the company managed to open diversified businesses and,in collaboration with the National Government’s Resources Committee and the private Minsheng Company,actively started coal mining businesses in Xiangtan,Hunan Province,and Tianfu,Jiayang,Weiyuan,and Shiyan,Sichuan Province. The office’s British company,the Peking Syndicate,became the Chinese government’s sole agent to export tungsten ores. The office set a good example for other industries and enterprises during the war time and made special contributions to industrial constructions and to supporting China’s fight against the Japanese invaders.