近代中国鸦片贸易合法化问题初探

A Glance at Legalization of Opium Trade in Modern China

鸦片贸易合法化是指鸦片作为商品经主权国家对外贸易特定监管机构海关许可 ,列入正常贸易货单并征收一定比例关税的国际贸易行为。发生在近代中国的鸦片贸易合法化 ,作为人类历史上一个独特的现象 ,有其特定的社会历史背景 ,其演变过程漫长而曲折 ,对近代中国社会所产生的影响复杂而深远。

Legalization of opium trade refers to an international trade with opium as commodity,permitted by the customs specific supervisory institutions of foreign trade in the sovereign state and listed in a regular trade bill and collected a certain proportion of customs.Legalization of opium trade in modern China,as a distinctive phenomenon in history,has its own particular cultural and historical background.The process of its evolution lasted for a long time and experienced many twists and turns.Its influence on China is complicated and significant.