社会杂志 ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 96-122.

• 专题二：观念与制度的近代转型 • 上一篇    下一篇

天下为“公”：民国时期县级公产管理制度与产权变迁

陈月圆, 龙登高   

  • 发布日期:2023-05-06
  • 作者简介:陈月圆,清华大学社会科学学院经济学研究所,E-mail：chen-yy18@mails.tsinghua.edu;龙登高 清华大学社会科学学院经济学研究所

The Transformation of Management System and Property Rights of County-level Public Assets（Gongchan） During the Republic of China

CHEN Yueyuan, LONG Denggao   

  • Published:2023-05-06

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摘要： 近代公产转型与基层公共事业、国家治理机制的演变紧密关联，并承载了“公”观念的变迁。本文从产权视角出发，以民国时期浙江县级公产管理制度为基础，考察公产转型的历史进程。民国成立后，县级公产被纳入地方自治机构统一管理，其有别于“官产”“私产”的产权性质得到法律的确认与规范。在国家政策变动与治理事务扩张的背景下，自治机构对公产的管理引发诸多问题。20世纪30年代中期，南京国民政府推动县级行政制度改革，逐步将公产纳入政府管理，“公产”的概念也随之扩展，并逐渐向政府财产偏移。

关键词: 公产, 地方自治, 基层公共事业, 近代国家转型

Abstract: The transformation of public assets（Gongchan） in modern China was closely related to the evolution of local public utilities and national governance mechanism, and bears the historical changes of the concept of “public” （Gong）. From the perspective of property rights, this paper examines the historical change of Gongchan management system at the county-level of Zhejiang Province during the Republic of China. Gongchan in Ming and Qing Dynasty was the property owned by grassroots level non-governmental organizations that took care much of the needed public services. After the founding of the Republic of China, the county-level Gongchan was brought under the unified management of local self-government, and its property rights， different from government or private property， were confirmed and regulated by national laws. However， its implementation was affected by the changes in national politics and personal disputes. There was also a conflict between the traditional way of Gongchan operation and management and the new mission of promoting modern public services. The above-mentioned factors caused many problems in the management of Gongchan by local self-government organizations， resulting in deepening the conflicts between local self-government organizations and the government and the people. The Nanjing National Government allowed local self-government organizations continue the management of Gongchan， and related problems were further magnified. Under the wartime pressure in the mid-1930s， the Nanjing government implemented certain administrative system reform at the county-level in order to extract more revenue， and gradually incorporated Gongchan into government management. In the process， the meaning of Gongchan expanded to include both government property and traditional Gongchan. The concept of “public”， once embedded in the traditional public property system and representing the common interests of specific groups， was eventually replaced by the meaning of referring to the state， the imperial court， and society as a whole.

Key words: Gongchan, local self-government, grass-root public utility, modern state transformation