The Hundred-Year-History Of Tiexi Industrial Area

The Tiexi Industrial Zone, which located in Shenyang City of Liaoning Province, isthe largest and most concentrated industrial sector that forming the earliest equipmentmanufacturing area in modern China. Since the first factory opened in Tiexi region byJapan in1905to the establishment of Tiexi district in2002and to now, Tiexi IndustrialArea has undergone the process of formation, development, transformation andrevitalization. This includes the humiliated history under the iron heel of the Japaninvestor, the developing period of forging numerous “PRC No.1” and the revitalizingperiod which gives new prospect to it. It is just the bit changes across the course incenturies witnessed the development of the Tiexi Industrial Area, as well as the course ofmodernization of Chinese industry.As an important feature of the Tiexi Industrial Zone, Shenyang No.1MachineCompany experienced the course of development of the Xiexi Industrial Area. This paperstudies the different characteristics depend on different period of the history of ShenyangNo.1Machine Company, in order to sort out the100years’ history of the Tiexi IndustrialArea with historical materialism and the modern people’s vision. At last, by summing upthe meaning of the Tiexi Industrial Area as well as its future development, the papergives out the author’s point of view.