Guangzhou 13th Bank was established in Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty as a professional foreign trade firm. Also known as foreign goods firm, foreign firm, foreign firm and thirteen foreign goods firms. After the opening of the maritime ban in the 24th year of Emperor Kangxi (1685), the Qing court set up customs in Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangnan provinces respectively. Although nominally called &”;thirteen&”;, there is no fixed number in fact. Th《粤海关志》 copi《澳门纪略》&;s fabricated words. When the 13th foreign goods company was founded, the Guangdong government stipulated that it was an intermediary trading firm dealing in importing foreign goods and exporting local goods (including Guangzhou goods and Qiong goods). At first, thirteen foreign goods companies were designated as trading partners, which actually included foreign countries, Hong Kong and Hainan.
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