Abstract：It has a long history for over 200 years since businessmen of pagodite carving handicraft articles sold them to eastern Japanese firstly. The businessmen and settler overseas who engaged in trace were increasing, most of them were from Qingtian and contiguous Wencheng, Yongjia, Wenzhou, Ruian, Ouhai, Yueqing. The first climax of emigrant overseas formed in 1920'. The forming of first overseas migration groups chiefly benefited by the exploitation of pagodite deposit in Qingtian county and sale of pagodite carving handicraft articles produced in Qingtian to oversea markets. After reformatting and opening to the outside world, the forming of the new overseas migration groups was firstly due to reducing examine and approve process for migration. Secondly, it is due to the imparity of natural and economic conditions between emigration and settling in region. The long odds of economy and life level between western European and other developed countries' and mountain area' in the southern of Zhejiang was original motivation to emigrant. Thirdly, it is influenced by historic origin of migrating and tradition of help each other among relatives and friends. In the process of starting an undertaking, solidarity and help each other were needed. The first generation emigrant who worked hard for tens years or generations have had more accumulation of capital and occupied definite social position, and have created condition for their progeniture to emigrant. The most of newemigrant migrant oversea go and seek refuge with their relatives and friends, they help others to emigrant as soon as possessing definite economic base. Lastly, the increase of need for labor force in developed countries and their good anlage are also important factors of emigrant. The new generation emigrant, being younger, who accepted more education. They possess new ideas and better economical base and better adaptive capacity. So that they can make themselves stronger quickly. The vocations they work on are enlarged from restaurant and other service trades to leather, apparel, department, import and export trades, estate and so on. They have made a important contribution for society and economy to emigration and settling countries, especially, their native places. This paper briefly reviews the historical background and causes of the overseas groups forming;analyzes the characteristics and superiorities of the new migration overseas groups.
吕惠进. 浙南海外移民群体的形成原因及其特征[J]. 人文地理, 2002, 17(3): 72-74,58.
LU Hui-jin. THE CAUSES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEAS MIGRATION GROUPS IN SOUTHERN ZHEJIANG PROVINCE. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2002, 17(3): 72-74,58.
