The Westernization Movement can be divided into two stages. In the early stage, it was in the 1960s and 1970s, and the slogan was "constantly striving for self-improvement", mainly to set up military industry. In the late 1970s and 1990s, it was believed that "striving for wealth" should be the first step in "self-improvement", and civil industry should be the main one.

So I think the reason is that their minds have changed.