鸦片战争前及战后的十多年里,广东是外国资本主义和中国发生经济联系最早和重点地区。外国资本主义对中国的商品贸易,资本输出、鸦片走私、侵占土地等等,无不带有早期资本主义的殖民主义性质。揭露、研究它们在这个时期对广东地区的经济联系和经济侵略以及对该地区的经济影响,无疑是有意义的。一、战前的经济入侵(一)鸦片战争前外国经济入侵中国 During the ten years before the Opium War and after the war, Guangdong was the earliest and most important economic link between foreign capitalism and China. Foreign capitalism’s commodity trade with China, capital exports, smuggling of opium, occupation of land, etc. all bear the colonial character of early capitalism. It is doubtless to make sense to study their economic ties and economic aggression against Guangdong during this period as well as the economic impact on the area. First, pre-war economic invasion (A) before the Opium War foreign invasion of China