Saving the nation by industry
Zhang Jian has done many industries in Nantong, most of which are factories related to people's livelihood, and gradually formed an industrial zone. He also built docks, power plants and highways, which became one of the bases of early national capitalism in China.
Zhang Jian founded more than 20 enterprises and more than 370 schools in his life, many of which were the first in the country at that time. His contribution to national industry and education is called "Top Industrialist".
At that time, Zhang Jian had a very clear and avant-garde planning concept for the construction of Nantong, including a garden city combined with western architectural concepts. The practice of these ideas made Nantong known as "the first city in modern China" by Wu, a modern architect and professor of Tsinghua University.
Education for the people
19 17 With the support of Zhang Jian, Tongji Medical Engineering School (the predecessor of Tongji University) reopened in Wusong. 192 1, Shanghai Business School was established in Shanghai.
In the 31st year of Guangxu (1905), Zhang Jian established Nantong Museum, the first museum in China, in Tongzhou. 1909, Nantong electric lamp factory was established, and the city began to use electric lamps for lighting.
19 13, Dacong Telephone Company was established, and Nantong urban and rural postal and telephone services were opened; 19 16 set up a meteorological observatory to serve production and life; 19 19, Nantong Gengsu Theater was built to enrich people's cultural life and establish a new atmosphere.
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Zhang Jian was also the leader of the constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty, and presided over and initiated three congressional petition movements. When he was minister of industry and commerce in the Republic of China, he pointed out that the past measures were "unintentionally guiding people to start businesses", which was wasteful and ineffective. In the future, Ministry-run enterprises should stop and listen to the opinions of ordinary people.
During his lifetime, he advocated "saving the country through industry" and "saving the country through education" and organized many factories, enterprises and educational and cultural undertakings. Although his "saving the country through industry" could not save the old China in peril, it was beneficial to the social, economic and cultural development at that time.
Zhang Jian used the trademark "Kuixing" in the early cotton yarn products of Sheng Da Cotton Mill, and established different product lines such as "Red Kui", "Blue Kui", "Green Kui", "Golden Kui" and "Color Kui".
The main part of a trademark is the image of a champion. In the second year of production, the net profit of Sheng Da Cotton Mill was 52,000 yuan; The net profit for the third year is 654.38+ 2 million yuan; By 1908, the accumulated net profit reached19 million.
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