Transition of Socio-Economic Structure of Modern Manchuria

1.我们对中国第一档案馆、辽宁省档案馆、吉林省档案馆有关满洲近代史的档案资料进行了研究。特别是考察了该地区的经济制度、土地制度、旗制、商会、村落、对外关系、国内政治、民族等方面的资料。利用这些资料，我们考察了近代满洲社会经济结构的变迁。对北京图书馆、辽宁省档案馆、中国社会科学院经济研究所、吉林省社会科学院满铁资料档案馆收藏的南满铁路和满洲国政府所编的日本近代满洲资料进行了调查.我们邀请了中国人民大学戴毅教授和圣巴巴拉的加州大学约书亚·福格尔教授，就中国档案馆、图书馆、研究机构收藏的满洲近代史资料进行了交流。我们将上述研究结果汇编成册，并于2000年3月发表。

1. We made research into archival materials about modern history of Manchuria at the First Archival Museum of China, the Liaoning Provincial Archives, and the Jilin Provincial Archives. Especially, we examined the materials about economic system, land system, banner system chambers of commerce, villages, foreign relations, domestic politics and ethnicity of this area. Using these materials, we scrutinized the transition of social-economic structure of Manchuria in modern period.2. We investigated into Japanese materials on modern Manchuria compiled by the South Manchurian Railroad (Mantetsu) and the Manchouguo government at the Beijin Library, the Liaoning Provincial Arcives, the Research Institute of Economics (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), the Archival Museum of Mantetsu Materials (Jilin Provincial Academy of Social Sciences).3. We invited Professor Dai Yi of People's University of China and Professor Joshua Fogel of University of California, Santa Barbara, and exchanged information about materials on modern Manchurian history deposited at archival museums, libraries, research institutes in China.4. We compiled the results of our research mentioned above and published it in March 2000.