In the Westernization Movement, although the Westernization School advertised itself as a "new policy of self-improvement", because they were all guardians of feudal traditional thoughts, they had no intention of learning the capitalist political and economic system at all.
Westernization only advocates learning western technology and strongly opposes any form of feudal thought and system reform. It just wandered between the barriers of feudal kingdoms, thinking that it had created something new, so it failed to show "self-improvement" and "revival" in the face of foreign invaders. On the contrary, under the attack of foreign powers' aggressive forces, the "meritorious service" held by feudal ideological defenders soon failed.
The influence of Westernization Movement:
1. Military influence: The Westernization School agreed that the Westernization Movement began with military self-improvement, that is, establishing modern military industry by learning from foreigners, so as to enrich Qiang Bing, resist foreign aggression and save the national crisis; The second is to establish a modern coastal defense navy and improve the weapons, equipment and training of the army;
The third is to establish a modern military academy and cultivate new talents in Lu Haijun. The military self-improvement of the Westernization Movement enabled China's army to invest in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression with modern new weapons and equipment. It started the modernization process of China's army.
2. Economic impact: In the process of establishing military industry by Westernization Movement, the most difficult problems are capital, raw materials and transportation. Therefore, after establishing a military industry under the slogan of "self-improvement", the Westernization School began to establish civilian enterprises under the slogan of "seeking wealth", focusing on a series of projects coordinated with the military industry, such as mining, smelting, shipping and railway.
3. Political influence: The feudalism and decadence of the founder of the Westernization Movement led to the failure of the Westernization Movement, which made other people with lofty ideals see the defects of the Westernization Movement in the process of modernization in China and stimulated the process of modernization in China.
4. Cultural influence: Westernization movement is the beginning of modern education. Westernization School sent more than 200 overseas students to the West, and trained a large number of new talents with western knowledge for the cause of Westernization. On the one hand, it also greatly promoted the modernization of education in China and prepared the preliminary cultural conditions for the modernization of China society.