1937年7月,日本帝国主义发动了全面侵华战争,战争中断了中国的现代化进程,首先中断的,是长江的正常航运。在长江下游,江阴被封锁了,通往上海的航线被切断了,民生公司的业务就被割断了九成。有的人认为:国家对外的战争开始了,民生公司的生命就完结了。但是,正在南京参加国民政府 In July 1937, Japanese imperialism launched a comprehensive war of aggression against China. The war interrupted China’s modernization process. The first thing that was interrupted was the normal shipping of the Yangtze River. In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Jiangyin was blocked, the route to Shanghai was cut off, and the company’s business was cut off by 90%. Some people think that the national foreign war has begun and the life of the people’s livelihood company has ended. However, they are participating in the National Government in Nanjing.