Before Chiang Kai-shek defeated Taiwan Province Province in 1949, he searched the mainland and robbed it of countless treasures. Most of the cultural relics are still in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Before withdrawing from the mainland, the Kuomintang moved the gold reserve of the Kuomintang Central Bank. 165438+1On the night of October 30th, 948774 boxes of about 2 million taels of gold were transported from the central bank's vault on the Bund, escorted by the Kuomintang navy landing ship "Meisheng", and arrived at Keelung Port in Taiwan Province Province on February 2nd, 65438. Then 15 1 box * * about 572,000 taels of gold and 1000 boxes * * about 4 million silver dollars were shipped to Xiamen.

1949 65438+1October 10, this time warships, civilian ships and planes were used to participate in the transportation. This time, 2.6 million taels of gold were shipped to Taiwan Province Province, 902,000 taels to Xiamen, 382,000 taels to the United States and only 202,000 taels to Shanghai. In addition, tens of millions of silver dollars were transferred to Taiwan Province Province. Chiang Kai-shek's possession of these properties gave the Kuomintang an economic base in Taiwan Province Province.