Legal basis of Japanese economic policy on the occupied territories of the North-East China

The article discusses the basic legal acts adopted by the government of Mengjiang to regulate economic policy on its territory. The central part of Inner Mongolia has always been the territory of particular interest of the Japanese occupation forces, seeking to seize the natural resources of the region. That's why the representatives of the Japanese military command used any means and methods for implementation of this plan. One of such means was law. The laws «About the general mobilization of the state economy», «About the limiting the export of wool», «About the control of the trade», «About the control of goods», «About the limiting of the cattle export» and other normative legal acts successfully solved the assigned tasks. There was established the system of the licensing of any kind of activities in the sphere of cattle breeding and of a special monitoring in respect of the most valuable products: grain, meat and wool. The government of Mengjiang got a wide range of authorities to enable full control over the production and goods traffic on the territory of the state; it could use various measures of administrative regulation, including pricing. The government defined the list of organizations involved into the economic activities; it interfered and supervised the work of economic actors. Never the less, people could not sell any food products freely and independently. What was purchased from the hands of the peasant should be passed to a designated person entitled to the export crop. Thus, Japan has created the system of the accurate control over such fields of economy as trade, production, traffic and commerce.