First, in the name of "self-improvement", the establishment of military industry and other enterprises around military industry, and the establishment of Lu Haijun with new weapons and equipment are its main contents.

Secondly, under the slogan of "seeking wealth", private enterprises such as China Merchants, Kaiping Mining Bureau, Tianjin Telegraph Bureau, Tangshan Xugezhuang Railway, Shanghai Weaving Layout and Lanzhou Weaving Bureau have been established since the 1970s. At the same time, the Westernization School also began to plan coastal defense, and initially established the navies of Nanyang, Beiyang and Fujian in 1884. After the Westernization clique took control of the naval yamen, it further expanded beiyang fleet and built Lushun Wharf and Ahava Military Port.