关键词: 省外川人, 四川, 旱灾, 救济

Abstract: While the socalled “land of abundance”, Sichuan province, had suffered from a serious drought during 1936 to 1937 , the indifference that the government and the public showed in the first period of the drought relief process had driven the relief in an unoptimistic situation. At this crucial time, many outofprovince Sichuan residents had taken their responsibility to join in the relief process. Thanks to their participation in the relief process, the daunting situation had changed a lot as they set up relief funds, and raised money through active promotion. Besides, they also dealt with Liu Xiang and Chiang Kaishek by playing an important political role which means on one hand they helped Sichuan provincial government to get the financial support from the center government, while on the other hand, they helped the center government to take control of Sichuan province.

Key words: outofprovince Sichuan residents, Sichuan, drought, relief