page_title: South Manchuria Railway
section_title: Mantetsu presidents
hierarchical_section_title: South Manchuria Railway / Mantetsu presidents
caption_attribution_description: English: The corporate headquarters of South Manchuria Railway Co., around 1940. 日本語: 大連・南満洲鉄道株式会社本社。 中文（繁體）‎: 南滿洲鐵道株式會社在大連的總部
context_page_description: The South Manchuria Railway, officially South Manchuria Railway Company, or 滿鐵 for short, was a large National Policy Company of the Empire of Japan whose primary function was the operation of railways on the Dalian–Fengtian –Changchun corridor in northeastern China, as well as on several branch lines.
  In 1905, after Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, this area was taken over by Japan as the South Manchuria Railway Zone. Mantetsu was established in 1906 to operate the railways taken over from the Russians. Subsequently, Mantetsu expanded by building new lines for itself and for Chinese-owned undertakings, and after the establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo was established in 1932, it was also entrusted with the management of the Manchukuo National Railway. Between 1917 and 1925, Mantetsu was also responsible for the management of the Chosen Government Railway in Japanese-occupied Korea.
  However, it was also involved in nearly every aspect of the economic, cultural and political life of Manchuria, from power generation to agricultural research, for which reason it was often referred to as "Japan's East India Company in China".
caption: Headquarters of South Manchuria Railway, Dalian
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