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This book is selected from the archives of Tianjin Municipal Archives Director Lu Salt Administration, Tianjin Chamber of Commerce, Tianjin Special Municipal Government and other archives. The time limit is from September 1928 to December 1948, and is divided into three stages before the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese and puppet period and the post-Anti-Japanese War. The types of texts include laws and regulations, statistical reports, investigation reports, government orders and announcements, official correspondence, etc. A total of 676 files with 530,000 words were selected. The content covers salt management institutions, salt production, transportation and marketing systems, salt taxation, salt anti-smuggling, etc. It relatively comprehensively reflects the development of Changlu Salt Industry during this period, and shows the plunder of Changlu Salt Industry by Japanese invaders with first-hand information. Arrangement method: divided into three stages: before the Anti-Japanese War, during the Japanese and Puppet War, and after the Anti-Japanese War. Each stage is arranged in chronological order.

In the modern history of Tianjin, there have been 9 special concessions including British, French, Japanese, German and Italian. The number of countries designated and the large area of ​​​​the concessions are unique in the country. The concession had a significant impact on China's modern history and is an important topic in historical research. The Tianjin Municipal Archives has a systematic and rich collection of complete archives of the concession. This project has been included in the 2016 National Social Science Fund project. It is planned to publish 5 volumes in the form of proofreading and compilation, with each volume containing 1 million words, totaling 5 million words. This project is extremely valuable first-hand information for studying the history of Tianjin, the history of the concessions, and the history of modern China. The British Concession in Tianjin was one of the earliest and latest concessions to be established among the nine-nation concessions. In 1902, Britain and the United States made a private agreement to include the American Concession in Tianjin into the British Concession as the "Southern Expansion". Therefore, combining the British and American Concession files into one volume is consistent with historical facts. This volume supplements the missing content of previous archives and books on the British and American concessions through systematic archival mining, and the content is very precious.