采用原始文献分析法,通过对《香港船头货价纸》的内容进行分析,试图探寻并理清第一份中文商业报纸的特点及其创刊的社会背景。《香港船头货价纸》是我国历史上第一份中文商业报纸、最早的经济类报纸和最早的以单页报纸形式两面印刷的中文报纸。其内容以船期、货价、行情和广告等商业信息为主。晚清时期的香港社会结构复杂。第一份中文商业报纸在香港出现并非偶然。
Through the study of the content of Ships,Commerce and Prices of Goods in Hong Kong by using the original literature analysis, it attempts to explore and clarify the characteristics of the first Chinese business newspaper, and found the social context. Ships, Commerce and Prices of Goods in Hong Kong is the first Chinese business newspaper in Chinese history, the first economy newspaper and the first single-page newspaper printed on both sides.The contents are schedules, prices of goods, market, advertising and business information. Hong Kong in the late Qing Dynasty has a complex structure, the first Chinese business newspaper appeared in Hong Kong is not accidental.