Maritime Trade Office
Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30
CORE DEFINITION
A specialized institution for managing overseas trade, collecting tariffs, and purchasing imported goods. The logic of open strategy: monetizing traffic through a gateway. The state does not prohibit trade but becomes the sole channel for it, turning "openness" into a monopoly business.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
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App Store. Create a platform that allows all developers (foreign merchants) to make money, but as the sole entry point (Maritime Trade Office), take a 30% "toll" (commission).
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The Maritime Trade Office was an official institution from the Tang, Song, to Yuan and Ming dynasties that managed overseas trade, responsible for issuing licenses (trade permits), levying taxes (tariffs), monopolizing certain goods (state monopoly), and receiving foreign merchants. It embodies the governance model of "setting up a specialized agency to coordinate foreign trade between openness and control."
MINIMUM ACTION
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- zh.wikipedia.orghttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E8%88%B6%E5%8F%B8verified
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