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Early Industrialization in China: Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916) and Government Officials Supervised Commercial Enterprises

(us) Fei Weikai

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The author of "China's Early Industrialization: Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916) and Government-Supervised Commercial Enterprises" takes the four official-supervised commercial enterprises founded by Sheng Xuanhuai, a gentleman capitalist in modern China, as the main line, including the Steamship Merchants Company, China Telegraph Bureau, Huasheng Textile Factory, and China Commercial Bank, and uses Chinese and Japanese extensively. Reliable information in both Chinese and Western languages elaborates on the economic achievements and problems, personnel and policies, social and institutional issues of China's early industrialization. It conducts an enlightening comparative study of China's experience with that of Japan and the West, and raises a series of issues worthy of deep reflection. "China's Early Industrialization: Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916) and Official Supervision of Commercial Enterprises" touches on certain unresolved policy issues inherent in economic development, which provides useful reference for today's industrial modernization plans.