Kaiping Mining Bureau

Japanese: 開平鉱務局 - かいへいこうむきょく

…[Ohashi Shusaku] It was named Kaiyan because it stretches from Kaiping to Luanzhou, but it is now part of Tangshan City. In 1878 (the 4th year of the Guangxu era), Li Hongzhang established the Kaiping Mining Bureau as a government-supervised commercial corporation (a kind of public corporation), which was China's first modern coal mine. However, in 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, it was transferred to British capital. …

From the Merchant Bureau

…In 1826, the company was requisitioned by Sun Chuanfang's army and was scrambled for concessions, but after the Nationalist government was established, it was rehabilitated and nationalized in 1830 under the control of the Ministry of Communications. As a subsidiary, the Renhe and Jihe Insurance Company was the first marine and fire insurance company in China in 1875, and in 1878, in order to secure coal for ships, Tang Jingxing, the head of the Merchants Bureau, partnered with Li Hongzhang to establish the Kaiping Mining Bureau, which began mining the Tangshan coal mines and other diversified operations. [Hamashita Takeshi] …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kaiping Mining Bureau is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【大橋脩作】　開平から灤州にかけて存在することから開灤と命名されたが，現在は唐山市に属する。1878年(光緒4)李鴻章が官督商弁(一種の公社)形式で開平鉱務局を創設したが，これは中国最初の近代的炭鉱であった。しかし1900年義和団の乱の際，イギリス資本に譲渡された。…

【招商局】より

…26年孫伝芳軍の徴発に遭い，企業が利権の対象として争奪されたが，国民政府が成立すると立て直しが図られ，30年には国営化されて交通部に帰属した。子会社としては，仁和･済和保険公司が1875年から中国で最初の海上火災保険を営み，また，78年には船舶用石炭を確保するため，招商局総辧唐景星は李鴻章と提携して開平鉱務局を設立し，唐山炭鉱の採掘を行うなど多角的経営が進められた。【浜下武志】。…

※「開平鉱務局」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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