Establishing modern military industry in the first stage of Westernization Movement (slogan: self-improvement); Zeng Guofan founded the earliest military enterprise: Anqing Ordnance Institute.
In the second stage of Westernization Movement, civilian industry was established (slogan: seeking wealth); Li Hongzhang founded the earliest private enterprise: Shanghai Shipping Merchants Bureau.
2. Why is the Westernization Movement the beginning of China's modern history?
Historians have the following views on the beginning of modern China history:
Opium War, Westernization Movement, Revolution of 1911, May 4th Movement, etc.
The Westernization Movement was the beginning of China's modern history, because it started in the 1960s of 19, which was the beginning of China's industrialization, China's educational modernization and China's military modernization.
However, the theory of the Opium War has long existed in middle school textbooks.