1922年日本在芜湖开设领事馆,管理安徽全境的日本居留民事务,并维护日本在华的种种条约特权。1937年日本发动全面侵华战争以后,中日两国外交关系断绝,芜湖领事馆作为一个非法机构,协助日军在占领区进行统治,严重侵害了中国主权和中国人民的利益。 In 1922, Japan opened a consulate in Wuhu to administer Japanese residency matters throughout Anhui and to preserve the prerogatives of Japan’s various treaties in China. After Japan launched the full-scale invasion of China in 1937, the diplomatic relations between China and Japan were cut off. The Wuhu Consulate, as an illegal institution, helped the Japanese army to rule in the occupied territories and seriously infringed upon China’s sovereignty and the interests of the Chinese people.