Table salt played an important role in Yunnan government administrative affairs and the local people’s daily life. Myanmar salt had been privately sold in large quantity in Tengchong and Longling, of Yunnan owing to its superior quality and competitive price since the period of Guangxu Regime, Qing Dynasty, which resulted in negative impact around Tenchong and Longlin areas. Therefore, in the period of Anti-Japanese War period, Yunnan government gave up the previous block-up smuggling salt and tried to legalize the salt trade between Myanmar and Yunnan, hoping that the people in the border areas could have easier way to buy table salt while salt taxation problems could get resolved. The government attempt finally failed because the current political situation got changing.%食盐在云南地方政务和民众的日常生活中均扮演着重要的角色。由于缅甸海盐质优价廉，故而从清光绪年间开始，缅甸海盐就开始以私盐的形式出现在云南的腾冲、龙陵等边境地区，这给云南腾龙边区的某些方面造成了很大的消极影响。故而抗战时期，云南地方政府改变原来单纯靠堵的解决方式，试图通过缅盐合法销滇的方式一举两得，即在方便边地民众食盐的同时也解决税收问题。云南地方政府的尝试因时局变化而最终失败。
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