2. The content of Westernization Movement is very complicated, involving military affairs, politics, economy, education and diplomacy. In the name of "self-improvement", we will build military industry and other enterprises around it, and build Lu Haijun with new weapons and equipment as the main content.
Since the 1960s, modern military industries such as Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Fuzhou Shipping Bureau and Anqing Inner Ordnance Institute have been established one after another. Among them, Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is the first large-scale government-run military factory in China. Founded by Li Hongzhang in Shanghai on 1865, it mainly manufactures guns, ammunition, mines and other military supplies.
Fuzhou Shipping Bureau is the largest shipyard founded by the Qing government. It was founded in Fuzhou by Zuo Yu 1866. There are about 1700 people in the whole plant, mainly manufacturing large and small warships. Anqing Inner Ordnance Institute is the earliest modern arsenal run by the Qing government.
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Westernization reform;
Under the slogan of "seeking wealth", the Westernization School started civil enterprises such as China Merchants, Kaiping Mining Bureau, Tianjin Telegraph Bureau, Tangshan Xugezhuang Railway, Shanghai Weaving Layout and Lanzhou Weaving Bureau in 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.
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