论民国时期（1912-1937）的垦殖及其成效

民国时期，垦荒作为扩大耕地增加生产的重要手段，受到社会各界一定程度的重视，垦殖已由最初的个人或少数人的私人经济企图，逐渐发展成为国民经济之一部门，垦殖的必要性也由原始的经济目的演变为政治、经济、社会三个方面。同时，由于内地农民多耕地少，生产不能满足其需要，人口压力极大，急需移出；而边疆又有大量可垦未垦荒地，兼以垦荒所需的资本筹集并无困难，这些条件均使垦荒成为可能。而历届政府也积极发文支持垦殖，并获得民间的热烈响应，垦殖事业一度十分活跃，并取得了一定成绩。

Discussion On the Reclamation and Its Effect During the Period of Republic of China (1912 - 1937)

Reclamation had become the need of the three aspects of politics, economy and society during the Period of Republic of China. There were a large number of available wasteland in frontier . At the same time, there were a large number of surplus popu-lation in the mainland, Reclamation could solve the pressure on the mainland population . In addition , there was no difficulty in rai-sing capital,. So reclamation was supported by the government and the people and had achieved some success.