The slogan of the Reform Movement of 1898 was "changing the axiom of the world" and the idea was to implement a constitutional monarchy. The Reform Movement of 1898, also known as the Reform Movement of 1898, the Reform Movement and the Reform Movement, is a bourgeois reform movement represented by Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao in the late Qing Dynasty, which advocated learning from the West, advocating science and culture, reforming politics and education systems, and developing agriculture, industry and commerce through Emperor Guangxu.

The nature of the Reform Movement of 1898 was a bourgeois social improvement movement and a patriotic political movement.

The Reform Movement of 1898 accelerated the modernization of China. This reform widely spread bourgeois political theory and natural science knowledge, and played an ideological enlightenment role in society. The bloody lesson of the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 urged the bourgeois political struggle to turn from improvement to revolution.

The Reform Movement of 1898 was a bourgeois reform movement, which was in line with the historical development trend of China and had progressive significance. The Reform Movement of 1898 inspired people's patriotic thoughts and national consciousness. The Reform Movement of 1898 was the first ideological emancipation movement in modern China. It played an enlightening role in society and promoted the awakening of the people in China.

Set off a new wave of seeking the truth of saving the country from the west. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, more young people went abroad to study, more western theories were translated into China, and China's ideological circle became more active.

Social background 1 the deepening of the national crisis. After the signing of treaty of shimonoseki, the great powers took the opportunity to expand their political aggression and economic plunder of China. Their economic aggression against China changed from commodity export to capital export. Western powers used loans to build railways, mine mines, seize leased land, divide "spheres of influence" in China, and set off a frenzy to carve up China. The Chinese nation is facing an unprecedented crisis.

2。 The ruling crisis of the Qing government;

(1) The fiscal deficit is getting bigger and bigger: since 1896, the huge foreign debt and huge funds for water conservancy construction and disaster relief have made the government's fiscal deficit expand continuously.

(2) The intensification of class contradictions and social contradictions: In response to the financial crisis, the Qing government took some measures to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, such as increasing the amount of old taxes such as Dingding Bank, reducing the salary of officials, increasing business tax, etc., which was resisted by the government and opposed by the public, making class contradictions and social contradictions more intensified.