The former site of the Japanese Consulate in Gando

　　The former site of the Japanese Consulate in Gando – In 1907, under the pretext of “protecting the lives and property of the Korean people,” Japanese police were dispatched to Longjing Village, where the so-called “Temporary Residency Office of the Governor-General of Korea in Gando” was established, with Saito Kichijirō appointed as its head. In September 1909, Japanese imperialism and the Qing government signed the “Tumen River Korean-Chinese Border Agreement.” According to this treaty, the Japanese empire abolished the original office in November of the same year and set up the “Japanese Consulate General in Gando.” The original site of the “Japanese Consulate General in Gando” was destroyed by fire on November 27, 1922, after which the main building of the consulate general was rebuilt. Covering an area of 42,994 square meters with a floor space of 2,503 square meters, it was completed in 1926. The “Japanese Consulate General in Gando” had four branch consulates in Yanji, Baicaogou, Hunchun, and 19 police substations. On November 5, 1937, the Japanese empire, in accordance with the “Treaty on the Abolition of Extraterritorial Rights in Manchukuo and the Transfer of Administration of South Manchuria Railway Zone,” abolished the consulate general, branch consulates, and police institutions in December of the same year.

　　The “Japanese Consulate General in Gando” served as a key instrument for suppressing the anti-aggression struggle of the people of all ethnic groups in Yanbian and for the wanton plundering of the region’s wealth. It played a crucial role in repressing anti-Japanese patriotic armed forces and civilians. Today, it stands as irrefutable evidence of Japanese imperialist aggression in China and serves as valuable educational material for youth in anti-imperialist and patriotic education.