The 1933 seizure of power by the Nazi Party further accelerated Sino-German co-operation. Before the Nazi rise to power, German policy in China had been contradictory, as the Foreign Ministry under the Weimar government had urged neutrality and discouraged the Reichswehr from becoming directly involved with the Chinese government. The same feeling was shared by the German import-export houses for fear that direct government ties would exclude them from profiting as the middleman. On the other hand, the new government's policy of "Wehrwirtschaft" (defense economy) called for the complete mobilization of society and the stockpiling of military raw materials, which China could supply in bulk.