买办是中国近代伴随外来入侵势力侵略中国而产生的一个特殊阶层 ,是受雇于外商并协助其在中国进行贸易活动的中间人和经理人。买办最早产生于鸦片战争之前的广州 ,在广州处理对外贸易的公行中就已设置买办为外商服务。当时的买办大致分为两类 :一类是专为外商船只采买物料及食 The comprador was a special class created by the invasion of China by foreign invasions in modern China. It was both an intermediary and a manager who was employed by foreign investors and assisted in their trade activities in China. Comprador was first produced in Guangzhou prior to the Opium War, and the comprador was set up as a foreign service in Guangzhou’s handling of foreign trade. The compradors were broadly divided into two categories at the time: the first category was designed to buy materials and food from foreign vessels