Orientation and Editorial Group of China Cotton Journal

China Cotton Journal is the first periodical publication in modern China's textile industry. It was founded by Chinese Cotton Mill Owner’s Association, which was founded in Shanghai in 1918. It played an important role in the communication of modern China's textile industry in terms of technology, management, etc. After the departure of the editorial group of China Cotton Journal, some editors founded other textile journals, and some joined other textile journals to continue their editorial work. Therefore, the idea and orientation of China Cotton Journal had an important impact on the textile journals in modern China.


Orientation of Running a Journal
Jian Zhang wrote in the opening speech of China Cotton Journal: "Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association was established the year before last, and China Cotton Journal was established this year to conduct industry communication. It is to use the wisdom of the world to do China's business." Other China Cotton Journal opening speech wrote "I often say that newspapers and magazines have made great contributions to the progress of world culture, In Europe and the United States, every small industry has regularly published industry newspapers and magazines, which provide the industry practitioners with a platform for exchange and communication. Newspapers and magazines play a great role in the development of the industry. It's rare for newspapers and magazines in China. China Cotton Journal is the first magazine in cotton industry. China Cotton Journal, on the one hand, will discuss the changing trend of the world and the supply and demand situation of domestic cotton industry. On the other hand, for technical discussion, publish industry data. It is hoped that China Cotton Journal can comprehensively collect industry information and become an authoritative magazine in the industry. However, it is a difficult task and a heavy one. "It can be seen that the main orientation of China Cotton Journal at the beginning of its establishment was to establish newspapers and magazines in the industry, to deliver information for the textile industry, collect industry information, and share textile technology and data.
However, Jian Zhang's foreword and publication can only reflect the orientation of the journal, and cannot fully understand the purpose of China Cotton Journal. The orientation of China Cotton Journal is gradually accurate in its running process, and its purpose is gradually enriched in this process. The report on the second year of Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association states: "The promotion of industrial construction and the sharing of industrial knowledge are all based on the propaganda of newspapers and magazines. China Cotton Journal, edited by Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association, aims to popularize industry knowledge. "The purpose of running the journal here is to advocate industrial construction and share industrial knowledge". This goal is understood in two levels. "Advocate industrial construction" means to advocate industrial ideas in the whole society, which has gone beyond the scope of the textile industry and has a broader scope. This level is mainly aimed at the impact on the public. On the one hand, "sharing industry knowledge" is to carry out technical communication within the industry. On the other hand, it is to let the public understand the textile industry. These two aims are to further improve the influence of journals. This level is more about the impact on the industry. These two points further enrich the purpose of China Cotton Journal.
The editor of China Cotton Journal discussed the positioning of China Cotton Journal in volume 7, issue 3, "China Cotton Journal is the only publication in China's textile industry, and also the main speech position of practitioners in China's textile industry. Therefore, the development of China Cotton Journal depends on the supervision and help of industry practitioners. China's national textile industry plays an important role, but the situation is very difficult. Only when the industry practitioners are united and self-improvement, can the industry develop. Only the careful study of working technology and factory management can make the whole industry develop smoothly. Once there are relevant research results, they should be published in newspapers and shared with industry practitioners. Only in this way can we achieve the purpose of communication within the industry. Therefore, the theories and academic working methods related to textile dyeing, factory management and labor issues, as well as various surveys and statistics are all the contents that China Cotton Journal hopes to publish, and the journalists of China Cotton Journal hope that the industry practitioners will actively contribute to this journal. "This further clarifies that China Cotton Journal is a speech organ for people in the textile industry to exchange textile dyeing theory, academic working methods, factory management and operation methods, and various surveys and statistics. This discussion enables us to better understand the positioning of China Cotton Journal, and also more accurately explain the positioning of China Cotton Journal on a certain level.
Generally speaking, on the basis of building a good communication platform for the textile industry, it is China Cotton Journal's gradually clear positioning and goal of running the journal to make the public understand the industrial thought and understand the textile industry. This requires that China Cotton Journal not only has theoretical articles that can be understood by the general public, but also has discussions on the frontier of professional technology. This orientation and goal is obviously too high for China Cotton Journal, which has a more and more professional tendency in the process of running a journal. From the memory of Guanyi Qian, editor of China Cotton Journal, we know that the publication of China Cotton Journal was drafted by Guanyi Qian and Zemin Zhang, that is to say, from the beginning, the positioning of China Cotton Journal was closely related to the editorial group of China Cotton Journal. Analysis and understanding of the editing group can better understand the positioning and development goals of the journal, and also can more clearly understand the reasons for the increasing specialization of the journal in the process of running the journal.
for the development of the journal and the industry. I hope that readers can help us to work together for better development of the industry. (Bingying Luo) "That is to say, Yingshu Yan and Bingying Luo were members of the editorial department. Yan Yingshu left the editorial department of China Cotton Journal in 1927. After investigation, it was found that the word "Bingying" also mesns "Yucheng", and that Bingying Luo and Yucheng Luo were actually the same person. In the proposal of the board meeting of Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association on October 15, 1920, "employment of Nagoya high tech textile graduates Mr.Wang Compile China Cotton Journal with a monthly salary of about 50 yuan." One case, may Nagoya textile college graduate Mr.Wang was hired as an editor with a monthly salary of about 50 yuan. Mr.Wang can't be verified, but the salary of the editor of China Cotton Journal can be roughly understood through this proposal.
Therefore, the editing group of China Cotton Journal is basically known, that is,Zemin Zhang, Zhuhou Ye, Guanyi Qian,Fuzhou Lu, Botao Li, Yingshu Yan, Yucheng Lu, Xinqi Wu, etc. According to the verification and comparison of literature, the basic resume of editing group can be basically restored.
Zemin Zhang is Yi Zhang. Yi Zhang (1885Zhang ( -1946 was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. In his youth, he lived in Anqing's uncle's home and studied. In 1901, he was a scholar in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, and then moved to Shanghai for further study. In 1909, he graduated from Fudan University. After graduation, he taught in Hankou higher business school, worked as a compiler in the Commercial Press, and translated geometry. He joined Nanshe in 1911. In 1912, in order to help Fudan to go rebuild school, wrote to Sun Yat-sen jointly. He was appointed Director General of Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association and presided over the daily work. In the editorial group, Guanyi Qian followed Zemin Zhang to work in the Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association at the beginning of the founding of the association. As a staff member of the Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association, Guanyi Qian was mainly responsible for editing, proofreading and all other work. In 1931, Guanyi Qian left the Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association, and the Chinese Cotton Journal was changed into a semiannual in that year. Guanyi Qian has been in charge of editing and publishing China Cotton Journal for a long time since its inception, and has undertaken most of the basic work in the process of editing and publishing China Cotton Journal. Zemin Zhang, as the initiator of the Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association federation, had been the director general of the Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association before the fall of Shanghai, and was responsible for soliciting manuscripts from all aspects in journal editing. In addition to running a magazine, there are many daily affairs of Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association. As the director general, his energy cannot be fully focused on running a magazine, but can only be considered. Zhuhou Ye is a cotton industry officer of Chinese Cotton Mill Owner's Association. He is mainly responsible for the cotton industry investigation. He initially solicited advertisements from foreign banks in the editorial department of China Cotton Journal, and went to the United States to investigate the cotton industry in 1920. He was in charge of journals for a short time. Therefore, the operation of the editorial department of China Cotton Journal is relatively clear. Guanyi Qian is responsible for most of the work of journal editors, and Zhang Zemin is responsible for some of the work of manuscript solicitation. At the beginning of China Cotton Journal's publication, it was determined to hire technical experts as editor in chief of China Cotton Journal. Therefore, the editor in chief has been technical experts since Fuzhou Lu. Experts are employed as editor in chief mainly for the consideration of manuscript source. On the one hand, technical experts can write relevant technical contributions by themselves, on the other hand, it is more convenient for technical experts to ask for contributions from each other. That is to say, the main work of the editor is to provide content services for China Cotton Journal.
The editor in chief of China Cotton Journal has a high degree and basic background of studying abroad. Most of the editors in chief of China Cotton Journal graduated from Tokyo University of Technology. Before being editor in chief of China Cotton Journal, many of them had relevant working experience in textile enterprises. Therefore, there are many textile experts in the editor's classmates and colleagues, which can better provide rich and good sources for journals. In a word, China Cotton Journal has cultivated talents for modern Chinese textile journals and set up the standards for editing textile journals.