中国近代海关贸易报告的传播及影响

On the Circulation of the Trade Reports by the Chinese Maritime Customs and Its Influence

中国近代海关贸易报告的主要传播渠道为:一是免费赠送,二是公开销售发行。其传播的范围和对象十分广泛,带有较强的国际性特征;传播对象不只局限于政府机构,更多的涉及到文化教育等部门。海关贸易报告的传播,树立了中国近代海关的国际形象,提高了报告的知名度和权威性,增加了报告的利用率,增强了其史料价值和学术价值。这说明海关贸易报告不是以往学界所认定的间谍性质,而是东西文化交流的重要载体和组成部分。

The Trade Reports by the Chinese Maritime Customs circulated either as a present or on sale.The circulation was far and wide among other countries. The reports were read and studied in the government agencies as well as in the cultural and educational departments. The circulation helped to establish the international image of Chinese Maritime Customs and to enhance the popularity and authority of the reports. Therefore the circulation does not have the nature of espionage which were prevailed among Chinese academic circles. Instead ,those reports are an important carrier of the Eastern and Western cultural exchange .At the initial stage of globalization , the circulation plays an important role in the cross-cultural communication between China and the other countries in the world.