胶东地区华工(旧称“苦力”)贸易的历史,在全国具有一定影响。这个问题的研究,直接牵涉到资本主义国家侵华史、中国工运史等多种学科,值得认真整理资料加以探索。 1840年鸦片战争之后,西方侵略者即在我国沿海口岸掳掠华工,华工贸易事实上已经开始,但胶东半岛的华工贸易盛行却是较晚的事情。清末,胶东地方农民即有结帮拉伙去国外谋生的现象,有的到西伯利亚,有的远涉重洋到东南亚、非洲、南北美洲去做 The history of the trade in Jiaodong’s laborers (formerly known as coolies) has had a certain influence in the whole country. The study of this issue directly involves the history of invasion of China by the capitalist countries and the history of the Chinese Workers’ Movement. It is worth to conscientiously collate the information to explore. After the Opium War in 1840, western invaders plundered Chinese laborers at the coastal ports of our country. In fact, the Chinese laborers trade has already started. However, the prevalent trade of Chinese laborers in the Jiaodong Peninsula is a relatively late matter. In the late Qing Dynasty, local peasants in Jiaodong had the habit of pulling their beggars to make a living abroad. Some went to Siberia, and some went to Southeast Asia, Africa and North and South America as far as Southeast Asia.