晚清时期的对外经济贸易

Foreign Trade in the Late Qing Dynasty

晚清时期的对外经贸是在国门的开与关的碰撞和交织中缓慢发展的。晚清执行的是外国列强强加的和由于本国经济畸形发展而不得已采取的对外经贸政策。晚清开从国外借款的先例 ,同时又开准许外商来华投资设厂的先河 ,晚清从广州一口对外通商发展到多口对外通商 ,对外贸易的产品和国家较清初都有较大的变化。

Foreign trade in the late Qing Dynasty developed slowly due to the interconnecting conflict between both the open and closed characteristics of Chinese mercantilism.The Qing government carried out a trading policy imposed on it by more powerful counˉtries,and was influenced as well by the lopsided development of its home economy.A precedent was set when the Qing government borrowed money from abroad,and foreign merchants were allowed to invest in China by establishing factories.Starting from only one trading port in Guangzhou,several others were opened.Great changes took place in China in the late Qing Dynasty,in the commodities that were exchanged,as well as the quality of trading relations with foreign powers,as compared with the early part of this era.