1931September 18, the Japanese invaded China. 1July 29, 937, Beiping fell. In six years, China lost 40% of its agricultural output value. The industrial output value, which was not much, was only 8% before the war. Surrounded by division, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army have no money, no factory and no land. However, the army of 654.38+06,000 needs a lot of armaments and materials. Where did these things come from? 0 1 United Bank of Hong Kong 1938 10, Central. A small shop has quietly appeared in the most prosperous area of Hong Kong. It's called Union Bank. The boss's name is Yang Lian 'an, and he speaks with a Wu Nong accent. He just arrived in Hong Kong, with only two employees, and started trading in Union Bank, which is less than 10 square meters. Absolutely clever, but very mysterious. In fact, a month ago, there was no Yang Lian 'an in the world. At that time, his name was Bangli Qing. His brother Qin Bangxian was one of the early thinkers in China. Also known as Bo Gu. Why did Bangli Qing open a shop here? A month ago, in a barren cave in Yan 'an, northern Shaanxi, more than 4000 miles away from the bustling city of Hong Kong. Zhou Enlai, who is in charge of Kurt's work, and Chen Yun, who is in charge of personnel work, gave 30-year-old Bangli Qing an important task-to take off his military uniform and leave Yan 'an. Go to Hong Kong for the underground business activities of the Party. Why Hong Kong? Why do you want to go to Hong Kong? In fact, the anti-Japanese team is not short of money. The Japanese army invaded the motherland, and Chinese compatriots around the world helped each other in the same boat and sincerely United. Three years before the total anti-Japanese war, overseas Chinese anti-Japanese groups repatriated donations of up to 2 billion national currency. But of these 2 billion, only more than 800,000 were eventually sent to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. The rest are * * *. * * * Officers pay attention to it, but the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, not to mention the degree of food and clothing, even cotton balls and gauze used by the wounded should be washed after use, and kept for next time ... It's really "nothing". If War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression wants to continue, * * * must develop its own funding channels. Hong Kong, a duty-free port and a free port that allows foreign trade, is almost the only channel for overseas Chinese to support the motherland. Yang Lian 'an naturally came here with an economic task. Soong Ching Ling's Baomeng has accumulated a large amount of donated materials in Hong Kong, only to be transported. Yang Lian 'an only needs to send the resources donated by overseas Chinese and allied forces to the front and Yan 'an. However, as soon as United Bank was established, the bad news came. Guangzhou fell. The most important communication line between Hong Kong and the mainland has been completely cut off. Everything depends on people. After many twists and turns, Yang Lian 'an thought of bypassing neighboring countries. He first detoured the coastal defense port of Vietnam, then went all the way south, Guizhou and Chongqing, reached Xi 'an, and finally went all the way north to Yan 'an. This is indeed a feasible route. 1939 September 18, exactly seven years after the September 18th Incident. Ten trucks loaded with munitions finally entered Yan 'an. They brought clothes, X-ray machines, microscopes, radio stations and generators to Yan 'an. The route from Hong Kong to Yan 'an seems to have been opened. However, the Japanese army is more cunning. When the first trucks were still on the road, Haiphong Port was bombed by the Japanese ... The passage from Hong Kong to Yan 'an disappeared again. But * * * people really won't give up. When the Japanese army occupied Guangzhou, Yang Lian 'an bypassed Vietnam. If you blow up Vietnam, you will bypass Myanmar. It was during this period that the famous Yunnan-Myanmar Highway was urgently repaired to transport goods. Total length 1 147.4 km, crossing six major rivers and three mountains. Under the indiscriminate bombing of the Japanese Air Force, one third of more than 3,000 road maintenance workers stayed in a foreign land forever. We are saddened by the death of our compatriots, but the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway is the only external passage. When the country is in danger, the weak have no choice. This Yunnan-Myanmar highway witnessed more than 30 trucks sent by Yang Lian 'an to Kunming and Yan 'an. From September 1938 to autumn 194 1, Yang Lian 'an sent materials to Yan 'an from here, including 120 tons of medicines and medical devices, and donated 5 million dollars. 194 1 65438+February, Japanese troops invaded Hong Kong after attacking Pearl Harbor. Yang Lian 'an can only rush back to Chongqing with the remaining cash of United Bank. Union Bank is temporarily closed. 1945 From the northeast to Hong Kong, the Anti-Japanese War finally won, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party signed the Double Tenth Agreement. 13 months later, Chiang Kai-shek forcibly excluded Democrats and China from the National Assembly. Negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke down, and the war of liberation was imperative. I went out with Dong and found it again. They brought the same task-United Bank of Hong Kong. But this time, there is no background of "saving the nation from extinction". To do business, United Bank needs capital and goods. 1at the beginning of 947, the central government sent a three-member team to Hong Kong to raise money for materials during the Red Army period and was responsible for opening up maritime trade. However, the civil war broke out soon. In just four months, all the liberated areas south of the Yellow River fell. When the Hong Kong team crossed the Yellow River twice and finally came to Yantai after many twists and turns, they found that they could not go to Hong Kong by boat as planned. In desperation, Qian was forced to go north to Dalian, which was mainly controlled by the Soviet Union. Dalian, which seems farther away from Hong Kong, is actually closer. From Dalian to Hong Kong, Qian designed a creative route to break through the blockade of * * * *-products from the Northeast Liberated Area, first in Harbin * * *, then transported to Pyongyang, North Korea by train, then transported to Hong Kong by car and carriage, and finally boarded a Soviet cargo ship and set sail from there. In this way, the marks on the goods in the liberated areas can be cleaned and turned into "foreign trade goods". 1947165438+1October 17, the Hong Kong team finally arrived. They brought the first merchant ship to transport goods for Union Bank-the Soviet cargo ship Aldan. The ship carried 3000 tons of potatoes, weasel skins, medicinal materials, gold sewn in clothes, and a password book for communication with the central government. Routes between Northeast China and Hong Kong have been opened. There are two kinds of products in the Northeast Liberated Area, which are sought after by the world market. First, soybean oil is an important chemical raw material, and soybean meal is a high-grade feed for livestock breeding. Second, bristles-the United States with great economic development, Europe rebuilt after the war, there are a large number of new houses, and brushes for painting walls are in short supply. In the era when chemical fiber is not mature, bristles can only be used as brushes. With the hot commodities in the world and the strong purchasing power of the liberated areas, United Bank has developed rapidly. It firmly connects the Northeast Liberated Area, the Central Plains battlefield and Hong Kong. Thanks to penicillin, the recovery rate of * * * has reached an unprecedented 70%. It has accumulated great energy for the full liberation of China. I saw a video when I was a child. One of the close-ups shows an American soldier looking tearfully at the star-spangled banner raised in Ran Ran. He said, "This is a great country." I thought to myself, it must be great that America can make its people so proud. This year's military parade, I was also in tears. From the shortage of cotton gauze to repeated washing, to the caution of changing bristles and soybeans into penicillin, and now to the surplus of "Dongfeng Express". We have been winning. China is really a great country. Those great pioneers who started their business from the poorest land really did it. At the end of 1948, these revolutionaries from Shan Ye finally entered the city. History has entered a new stage. Now, they must begin to deal with the complex economic and social relations in big cities. They still remember 10 years ago, the Hong Kong trade organization-United Bank. Now, it has a new name-China Resources.