抗战前的上海,对于纸张的消费和需求十分旺盛。大量书刊的印刷和出版,频繁的贸易往来和货物购销,构成了当时上海纸张消费的主体。然而,上海本地所产机制纸却远不敷所需。供给上海的纸张,既有来源于欧美和日本的洋纸,又有来自上海本地和国内其它城市所产的机制纸以及本国出品的部分手工纸,但以前者为大宗。 Shanghai before the Anti-Japanese War, consumption and demand for paper was very strong. Printing and publishing a large number of books and periodicals, frequent trade contacts and purchase and sale of goods constituted the main body of paper consumption in Shanghai. However, locally produced machinery in Shanghai is far less than necessary. Paper supply to Shanghai, both from Western countries in Europe and Japan, foreign paper, as well as from Shanghai and other cities in the country produced the mechanism of paper and some handmade paper produced, but the former is bulk.