Location: Distributed in central and local areas.

Character: Does the central government honor the prince? Represented by Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo and Zhang Zhidong.

Slogan: In the early stage, "self-improvement" was used to build a military industry. Later, due to lack of financial resources, it was changed to "seeking wealth" to build a civilian industry.

Historical significance: The introduction of some western science and technology and the training of a group of scientific and technological talents objectively stimulated the development of capitalism in China, and the first batch of modern enterprises appeared in China under the advocacy of Westernization School, which played a certain role in resisting foreign economic aggression and promoting the disintegration of domestic feudal economy.