Abstract: During the period of Republic of China, with the original intention of improving the unit employees' welfare, providing low-cost and high-quality goods, and improving employees' economic conditions, the employee consumer cooperatives were organized in governments at all levels, schools, enterprises, and even in the military troops. As the Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate phase, according to the requirements of the Ministry of Justice, the judicial circle in Jiangxi vigorously promoted the employee consumer cooperative movement. However, under the judicial system that embarrassed employees' livelihoods, the introduction of an equal and mutually beneficial employee consumption cooperation mechanism into the judicial organs not only failed to achieve the expected effect of improving employee welfare, but also became an excellent excuse for a few people to use their power to seek rent. Coinciding with the lack of supplies during the war, coupled with the worsening inflation, consumer cooperatives were distorted and transformed into institutions that harmed the welfare of employees, which exacerbated the process of disintegration of the personnel within the judicial organs, showing the complete collapse of the national government from the level of the judicial system.

Key words: the period of Republic of China, Jiangxi, consumer cooperatives, judicial personnel, power rent-seeking