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The Tsungli Yamen With The Modernization Of The Later Qing Dynasty

Posted on:2008-06-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L L GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360215452876Subject:History
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The Tsungli Yamen of the Qing Dynasty and the Yang Wu Movement is a new central agency, the predecessor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is that the establishment of China's 2,000 years of feudal monarchy and the existing political system and the significance of the first substantive change .It is not only the rule of the Qing Dynasty and the concept of self-class foreign policy of constant adjustments, as well as foreign envoys to negotiate with the government to have an equal body for the positive results.The Tsungli Yamen was founded, its nature is an informal governmental agencies. Premier bureaucratic organizational structure and operational mechanism in addition to the reference plane and the six departments, institutional arrangements, so the basic mode of operation modeled on Western diplomatic institutions, which have begun the process of modernization of China's foreign institutions. Therefore, in such a comprehensive mechanism for the operation of both Chinese and foreign, in the operation of a set of the Tsungli Yamen a clear division of labor. strictly confidential and prudent decision of their own unique characteristics. The Tsungli Yamen is not only conducive to improving the efficiency, as well as promoting the modernization of China's political process forward. Of course, there are some premier bureaucratic feudalism and backwardness, it also severely restricts the functioning of the Tsungli Yamen.Premier bureaucratic establishment, on the process of promoting modern China launched a series of activities. The beginning of the establishment of the Prime Minister on issues surrounding the bureaucratic has promulgated and implemented a series of internal and foreign policies and measures. With the promoting of these policies and measures , the Qing Dynasty in the political, economic, diplomatic, educational, economic, military and customs to have taken a welcome step, but also help the process of China's modernization. However, the Prime Minister, after all, in a feudal bureaucratic body with a modern diplomatic bred, it is inevitable feudal society with a total of feudalism and other agencies backwardness. Such is the nature of feudalism and backwardness authority in the dark, the lower the quality of personnel, the perfunctory work and working slowly. The Tsungli Yamen these phenomena restricted to the normal operation of the institutions, but also greatly reduces the efficiency of the Tsungli Yamen, thus hampering the progress of the process of China's modernization.The establishment of the Tsungli Yamen is an important milestone in modern system of China's diplomacy, also played an active role in promoting, but it is the government to meet the world situation, and the need for self-defense, the defense determines the various aspects of the reforms are passive, lack of initiative and enthusiasm. Indeed, accumulated in the late Qing Dynasty to modern government is moving difficult. Both from the conservative ideas in the minds of officials as well as all sorts of community resistance in this situation, China in the latter half of the 19th century conducted by the Modern reform every step is extremely difficult. It also determines the tragic outcome of Modern China. However, under the impetus of the government office of the Prime Minister, after all, is a step in China's modernization, and is extremely valuable and promising step. In this small step ,China has come to understand the outside world,begun to abandon their traditional closed-door policy to accept the world, and gradually integrated with the world.
Keywords/Search Tags:Modernization
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