North Shanxi Autonomous Government | |||||||||
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| 1937–1939 | |||||||||
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| Motto: 反共、反蒋、亲日[1] "Anti-Communist, Anti-Chiang, Pro-Japan" | |||||||||
Government seal | |||||||||
 A map of the United Mongol Autonomous Government featuring the state | |||||||||
| Status | Administratively autonomous component of Mengjiang | ||||||||
| Capital | Datong | ||||||||
| Common languages | Chinese (common) Mongolian Japanese | ||||||||
| Government | Civil administration | ||||||||
| Supreme Committee Member | |||||||||
• 1937–1939 | Xia Gong | ||||||||
| Supreme Adiviser | |||||||||
• 1937-1939 | Noboru Maejima | ||||||||
| Historical era | Occupation of China in the Second Sino-Japanese War | ||||||||
| 13 September 1937 | |||||||||
• Established | 15 October 1937 | ||||||||
• Part of Mengjiang | 1 September 1939 | ||||||||
| Currency | Multiple currencies, see Economics | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||
The North Shanxi Autonomous Government (also known as the Jinbei Autonomous Government; Chinese: 晋北自治政府; pinyin: Jìnběi zìzhì zhèngfǔ; Wade–Giles: Chin4-pei3 tzu4-chih4 cheng4-fu3; Hepburn: Susumu kita jichi seifu) was an administratively autonomous component of Mengjiang from its creation in 1937 to its complete merger into Mengjiang in 1939. Following the Japanese invasion of China in July 1937, regional governments were established in Japanese-occupied territories. After Operation Chahar in September 1937, which extended Japanese control to northern Shanxi region, more formal control of the area was established through the creation of the North Shanxi Autonomous Government, as well as the South Chahar Autonomous Government to the east of Shanxi.
Although Mengjiang at first only exerted a supervisory and directing role over the North Shanxi Autonomous Government by means of the Mengjiang United Committee, a conference of influential figures from the North Shanxi Autonomous Government, the South Chahar Autonomous Government, and Mengjiang; the influence exerted by Mengjiang over time allowed for greater and greater control over the affairs of the area, causing it to lose its administrative autonomy in 1939 through the formation of the United Mongol Autonomous Government.
