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Fuzhou Shipbuilding Bureau is the most representative modern enterprise born during the Westernization Movement of the Qing Dynasty. It practiced the concept of "learning from the foreigners to control the foreigners". It introduced Western science and technology and rapidly improved the scientific and technological levels of shipbuilding, navigation, aircraft, guns, torpedoes, mining and metallurgy, machinery, radio, astronomy, etc., And established the modern shipbuilding industry base in China at that time. In 1917, the Aircraft Manufacturing Engineering Office was also established, ushering in a new era for China's aviation industry. It pioneered modern education, established a shipbuilding school, introduced Western education models, established an education model and study abroad system that were compatible with industrialization and naval construction, and became a model for other places to follow. It became the cradle of scientific, technological and naval talents, and was hailed as the "ancestor" by Li Hongzhang. The Shipping School has cultivated a group of elites, forming a new generation of intellectuals with patriotic ideas, striving for self-improvement, keen vision, open thinking, and easy acceptance of new things. This book adopts narrative, record, chronicle, biography, diagram, table, record and other genres, focusing on ambition. Describe in standard style. Divide into categories horizontally and describe historical facts in a longitudinal manner. The overview governs the overall situation and reflects the whole picture; the memorabilia chronicles the historical facts and figures related to shipping administration, mainly in chronological style. Each chapter describes the development of various shipbuilding undertakings, and is divided into eight chapters including institutions, product manufacturing, talent training, cultural relics, literature, art, characters, and special notes. There are also chapters such as appendix, name search, and preface and postscript.