Dudin P.N., Pavlov A.K. Financial System of Quasi-States in Northeast China During the Japanese Occupation: Organizational Governance and Legal Regulation

Abstract: The subject of the present research article is the organizational bases of quasi-states of Northeast Asia's financial systems created in 1930 during the occupation of the region by the Japanese armed forces. Much attention is paid to the financial system of Manchukuo as a political phenomenon which was one of the first to be created on the continent and served as a model for similar state political organizations. The system of public financial institutions is studied and the functions and responsibilities of key government bodies are characterized. Based on rich archival material and data not published earlier in Russian academic journals, the author examines the stages of the development of the financial system, its ideological basis, levels (national, provincial, district) as well as highlights the specifics of financial management bodies construction in the administrative-territorial units with a special status. A significant part of the research is devoted to the issues of legal regulation of financial relations: normative legal acts regulating the state apparatus financing activities. At the end of the article the author provide a comparative analysis of the state system of Manchukuo with other political organizations and conclude about the identity of their financial systems as well as the effective policy of the occupying forces. The article is funded by the President of the Russian Federation Grants Council support of young Russian scientists and PhDs "Quasi-States of Inner Asia: The issue of statehood in the context of the struggle for self-determination of nations" (MK-6398.2016.6). 

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