The Study of engineer education in modern China mining and manufacturing industry

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K01727
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 07070:Economic history-related
• Research Institution: Shimane University
• Principal Investigator: Tomizawa Yoshia 島根大学, 学術研究院教育学系, 教授 (90284009)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 近代中国 / 鉱工業 / 技術者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research is to elucidate how industrial technology in modern China was inherited beyond political changes such as socialization. As the culmination of this research, we have applied for a FY2024 grant to publish “The Transformation of the Modern Chinese Cotton Industry. The book was to be the first specialized book to systematically discuss the transformation of the modern Chinese cotton industry from the training of technicians to the establishment of the catch-up structure of the modern Chinese cotton industry, its impact on the management of spinning mills, and the transformation of the relationship between Japanese and Chinese trade unions, but unfortunately it was not accepted. We will reapply for the FY2025 grant to promote the publication of our research results and also apply for publication grants from private foundations to realize publication of the book.

Free Research Field

中国経済史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、近代中国における技術移転と技術者の果たした役割は、中国や欧米圏などでも注目されている。本研究は、内田星美や中岡哲郎などの日本の産業技術史研究の研究手法に学びつつ、これを近代中国鉱工業研究に応用した成果である。しかも本研究の内容は、近代中国に移転された紡織工業技術の中でも、日本からの技術移転の意味をアメリカ、ヨーロッパと比較しつつ、歴史的に解明するものとなっている。そうした意味でも、世界的な近代中国技術史・技術者史研究の進展に大きく寄与するものである。