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Geographical Study on Free Markets in China

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04680241
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

ISHIHARA Hiroshi  Nagoya University, Faculty of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (70080265)

Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1993
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1993)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
KeywordsChina / Free market / Periodic market / Daily market / Perishable food market / 綜合市場 / 専業市場 / 卸売市場
Research Abstract

In 1992 I made a data base of 3,633 markets listed in 'Zhongguo-jishi-daguan' published in 1988 and analyzed it using computer in order to understand the characteristics of the markets. The main results are as follow ; 1)Traditional terminology for the markets is disappearing. 2)Most of the markets are classified as 'general market', some are as 'specialized market' and a few are as 'whole sale market'. 3)Fourty per cent of them are daily markets and others are periodic ones. The latters are held accoding to mainly ten-days cycle, but sometimes twelve-days or seven-days one. 4)Average number of attendants and average sales per day at the markets are fairly large. 5)Average area of the market place and that of the buildings are slso fairly big. 6)Main goods sold at each market are agricultural products, manufacturing products or both of them. 7)Most of the markets are located along trunk roads, and soae are along waterways or railways.
In 1993 I analyzed statistical year books of all provinces in order to get general ideas of the development of the free markets between 1980 and 1990 and the areal differenciation of them in 1988. The results are as follow ; 1)Number of free markets and sales there are increasing year by year, particularly in urban area. 2)Share of sales at the markets in total retail sales is increasing year by year. It means that the free markets are gradually rising their importance. 3)The markets are strengthening their characteristics as perishable food markets year by year. 4)Location of the markets, density of their distribution, sales at them, share of the sales in total retail sales, and composition of each kind of goods in the sales vary in each province because of the differences of the degree in urbanization and economic development and the phisical conditions between northern and southern or coastal and inland regions.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1993 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1992 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (9 results)

All Other

All Publications (9 results)

  • [Publications] Ishihara,Hiroshi: "Free Markets in China" Proceedings of the Meeting of the Commission on the Geography of Commercial Activities,I.G.U.,(Tokyo,1993). 1-13 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 石原 潤: "『中国集市大観』に見る中国の自由市場" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 119. 65-96 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 石原 潤(分担執筆): "森正夫編『江南デルタ市鎮研究』" 名古屋大学出版会, 270 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishihara, H.: "Free Markets in China" Proceedings of the Meeting of The Commission on the Geography of Commercial Activities, I.G.U., (Tokyo, 1993). 1-13 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishihara, H.: "Chinese Free Markets Listed in 'Zhongguo-jishi-daguan'" Journal of Facualty of Letters, Nagoya University. Vol.119. 65-96 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishihara, H.: "Markets in and around Suzhou City" In Mori, M., ed., "Market Towns in Yangtzu Delta", Nagoya University Press. 239-270 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1993 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishihara,Hiroshi: "Free Markets in China" Papers Submitted to the Meeting of the Commission on the Geography of Commercial Activities,I.G.U.1-13 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石原 潤: "『中国集市大観』に見る中国の自由市場" 名古屋大学文学部研究論集. 119. 65-96 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 石原 潤: "蘇州市とその周辺における集市の現況" 江南デルタ市鎮研究 (名大出版会). 239-270 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1992-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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