Du Yuesheng was one of the most powerful and influential Gang leaders in Shanghai during the Republic of China.He began to used Gang forces,economic power and political patron rank among the Business Community such as flour industry and shipping industry in Shanghai in the late 1 920s.In this process,Gang forces,economic means and political power all played important roles,meanwhile,they were related and promoted each other.The increasing power of his Gang has been attracted much attention by the government and this made his political patron much more complicated and stable.The development of former two also made Du so easy to involve in the Business Community that his economic power became much more abundant.Du Yuesheng then utilized economic means to absorb more people into his Gang, making his Gang forces and political patron expand again.Du Yuesheng brought the ways of his Gang into the Shanghai Business Community and made it appear Gangs phenomenon.%杜月笙是民国时期上海实力最强、影响最大的帮会头目之一，其于上世纪20年代末开始通过帮会势力、经济实力和政治关系等路径跻身上海面粉、轮船航运等重要工商行业。三大路径之间是相互联系、相互促进的，帮会强大的杜月笙引起政府对他重视和拉拢，杜也主动结交权贵，因而攀上了强大的政治靠山。帮会势力和政治关系的强大又使杜轻而易举地打入工商界，使其经济实力更为雄厚。杜再利用经济手段维护和扩大自己的帮会势力与政治关系，使其势力再次膨胀。杜月笙在跻身上海工商界的过程中把帮会中的做事行径带入其中，使上海工商界出现帮会化现象。
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