Recently, alumni of the Department of Finance of Nankai University that graduated in 1987, collectively donated the "Bank Weekly" (200 volumes) to the School of Finance on the occasion of 30th anniversary of graduation. The book was compiled by Nanjing Library and published by Zhonghua Book Company in December 2014. It contains 5 kinds of magazines and supplements of 1,635 issues of "Bank Weekly" from its inception in 1917 to the suspension of publication in 1950.

About "Bank Weekly"

Recommendation from the Editor

 A Transcendent Historical Material of Financial Document

Each issue of "Bank Weekly" provides market conditions not only in Shanghai and the whole country, but also a large number of domestic and foreign financial statistics, and important reference articles. It was the most comprehensive periodical reflecting the development of the financial industry in Shanghai and the whole country at that time. Therefore, it caught the great attention of the society and has become the most appropriate reference book for the financial, academic, and business circles. During the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (the War of Resistance) and the War of Liberation, most of the financial periodicals had ceased publication. It makes it particularly valuable that The Bank Weekly continued to publish regularly and preserved a large amount of precious financial historical materials. For this reason, the "Bank Weekly" has become an important document for academics to study the financial history of the Shanghai area and even the whole country during that period.

 Complete Historical Data Presentation

Due to historical reasons, although the "Bank Weekly" had a large circulation at the time, it had not been preserved in a great quantity, not to mention one complete set. This led to great inconvenience to researchers. This time, with the enthusiastic assistance of many large and medium-sized libraries, Zhonghua Book Company and Nanjing Library co-published "The Collection of Financial Periodicals Collected by Nanjing Library in the Republican Period", and finally compiled the entire "Bank Weekly", which benefits the whole academic circle.

Brief Introduction

In 1917, the Shanghai Banking Association founded the "Bank Weekly". It is the earliest established and the longest-running financial magazine in Chinese modern history. This book contains 5 kinds of magazines and supplements of all 1,635 issues of "Bank Weekly", from its inception in 1917 to the suspension of publication in 1950. Each issue of "Bank Weekly" provides market conditions not only in Shanghai and the whole country, but also domestic and foreign financial statistics and important reference articles. It was the most comprehensive periodical reflecting the development of the financial industry in Shanghai and the whole country at that time. The supplements were composed of financial works written by famous personages and scholars in financial circle such as Yang Yinpu, Zhang Naiqi, Ma Yinchu, Wang Zhishen, Xu Jiqing, Xu Cangshui, Wu Chengxi, Zhu Sihuang, Zhu Boquan, Gu Chunfan, etc. These works recorded and analyzed in detail the development history, actual conditions and related systems of the financial and banking industries in Shanghai and even the whole country at levels of theory, practice, and policies. They are important parts of financial historical materials during the Republican period, and also the necessary documents when studying the history of finance in the Republic of China era.

Contents

Book One-Book 196

Volume 1 Issue 1 to Volume 34 Issue 1

Book 197

General Catalogue from No. 1 to No. 200

Bank Yearbook (1921-1922)

Clearing House Research

Shanghai Financial Market Theory (1)

Book 198

Shanghai Financial Market Theory (2)

History of Shanghai Banking Association

Bank Cost Accounting Theory

Research on Xianfeng Big Money

Bank Weekly 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue (1)

Book 199

Bank Weekly 10th Anniversary Commemorative Issue (2)

Simplified Calculation Days Accuracy Rate Table of Li's Accurate Interest Method

Economic History of the Republic of China (1)

Book 200

Economic History of the Republic of China (2)

The introduction of Bank Weekly comes from the Wechat Official Account “Guyiyinghua”

Photography: Zang Biqian

Edit: News Media Center of School of Finance  Wang Zhe

Audit: Hao Ren