一、战前上海的米业概况自19世纪下半叶起,上海城市人口迅速增加,作为居民食粮主要组成部分的米粮供应也随之增长。此外,作为重要的米粮集散转口地之一,上海每年的粮食转口贸易也不断增加。20世纪30年代初,上海的城市人口大约在300万左右,年消费米粮大致为600万石(合48万吨)。 I. Introduction of Rice Industry in Pre-war Shanghai Since the second half of the 19th century, the urban population in Shanghai has rapidly increased and the supply of rice grains, as a major component of residents’ food, has also increased. In addition, as one of the important re-export hubs for grain and rice, Shanghai’s annual entrepot trade has also been increasing. In the early 1930s, Shanghai had an urban population of about 3 million and annual consumption of grain was roughly 6 million stone (480,000 tons).