The port opening is of great significance in the history of economic and social development in modern Guangxi.Under the strong radiation effects of the opening ports covering economy , society and culture , the people ' s livelihood in the rural areas of Guangxi changed greatly .The scale of planting and processing in the export -oriented agricultural production expanded increasingly .The imported industrial products laid impact on the rural traditional handicraft industrial production , in the meantime , it also of-fered a wide range of cheap raw material so as to the renewal and expansion of rural handicraft industry .The farmers became businessmen and porters in factories or migrated to Southeast Asia .Because of the loss of foreign trade initiative , political unrest and social chaos in modern Guangxi , many negative factors in port cities also affected rural areas.Generally speaking , port opening played an indispensable role in alleviating the pressure of rural economy and promoting the development of regional culture .%口岸开放在广西近代经济和社会发展史上有着重要意义. 在开放口岸强劲的经济、 社会和文化辐射影响下, 广西农村地区民生状况发生巨大改变: 农产品生产以外贸为导向, 其种植和加工规模日益扩大; 进口工业产品在冲击了农村传统手工业生产的同时, 也提供了大量的廉价原料, 使农村手工业实现了更新换代和扩大规模; 农民离村谋生蔚然成风, 他们离村去向主要集中于工厂, 当商贩、 苦力挑夫和闯 "南洋". 由于近代广西口岸开放是在失却外贸主动权、 政局动荡和社会混乱的局面下进行的, 诸多负面因素也向农村地区辐射; 但从整体而言, 口岸开放对于缓解农村经济压力和推动区域文化发展有着不可或缺的作用.
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