盐务稽核所与中国盐务近代化

Salt Affairs Checking Department and Modernization of Chinese Salt Affairs

1913年,袁世凯北京政府与英、法、德、日、俄五国银行团签订的“善后大借款”,总数为2500万英镑。“善后大借款”以中国全部盐税为抵押,设立由外国人控制的盐务稽核所监督征收全部盐税。盐务稽核所是近代帝国主义勒索中国经济的重要工具,但它推行的盐务体制改革客观上促进了中国盐务管理的近代化。

In 1913,Yuan Shikai Administration signed a loan contract totalling 25 million pound with British, France, Germany, Japan and Russia banking consortium. This contract mortgaged all Chinese salt taxes and established Salt Affairs Checking Department controlled by foreign people to levy all salt taxes.Salt Affairs Checking Department was a major tool of extorting Chinese economy by modern imperialism,and salt affairs system reform carried by it objectively promoted the modernization of Chinese salt affairs administration.