全球化初期的闽商贸易

自古以来,闽商一直是全球化的重要推动者与参与者。早在1500年以前,具有浓郁海洋特色和冒险精神的商帮——闽商就已开始活跃于与亚洲诸国的贸易中,甚至深入到了阿拉伯乃至非洲地区,正是他们所带动的商品贸易间接促使了新航路的开辟,使得欧洲人得以进入到全球化的贸易中来,由闽商开辟的对外贸易圈也随着欧洲人的进入不断扩大。但在这一过程中,始终不变的是,不论何时,在这个全球世界经济体系中形成的各个贸易圈都始终是以闽商为代表的中国商人围绕着以福建为中心的中国东南沿海展开的。

Min-merchants Trade at the Beginning of the Globalization

Since ancient times, Fujian has always been an important facilitator and participants in globalization. As early as 1500 years ago, as the rich marine characteristics and spirit of adventure business organization, Min-merchants has been active in Fujian and the Asian countries in trade, and even came into Arabia and Africa area. The commodity trade they driven led indirectly to the opening of the new sea route, which made the Europeans enter into the global trade. The circle of foreign trade also had the expanding development with the Europeans~ participation. But in this process, always the same, no matter when, as the representative of the China businessmen, Min-merchants had been active in each trade circle in the formation of this world economic system, and they had been always around the Chinese southeast coastal expansion with Fujian as the center.