The Research Of Guangzhou Municipal Engineering Construction In 1920s

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China,the open cities of southeast China have begun their modernization process.One of the most important aspects of this process is establishing a modern city system and improving the appearance of the city.Guangzhou,as the political,economic,and cultural center of southern China,was the first one to establish a modern city system in 1921.After that,it started a great transform from an ancient provincial capital to a modern city.The 1920 s were a special and critical period for the construction of modern Guangzhou cities.It inherited the attempts of the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty to improve the old appearance of Guangzhou,as well asopen the great prosperity of Guangzhou's municipal construction in the 1930 s.As the location of a revolutionary government,on the one hand,the modernization of Guangzhou during this period has attracted much attention at home and abroad,and the image of the capital has undoubtedly proved the government's determination to improve and its ability to govern.On the other hand,frequent wars and political campaigns inevitably take up a lot of funds required for municipal engineering and affect the stability of the governance and construction environment.Studying the gains and losses of municipal engineering construction planning and practice during this period not only deepens our understanding of Guangzhou's urban development at that time,but also has certain practical significance for the continued construction of Guangzhou now and in the future.The main content of this article is divided into five chapters and three parts.The first and second chapters are the background introduction,including the research background and the general situation of Guangzhou municipal engineering construction in the 1920 s.The emphasis will be on researches and background introduction directly related to municipal engineering construction in the 1920 s.Chapters 3 and 4 are the main parts.On the basis of Chapter 2,classification willbe made according to whether the plan is accomplished or not.Specific cases will be selected to explain the process of planning and construction in detail,and to explore its causes and consequences.It then attempts to summarize the conditions for the completion of municipal engineering during this period and the main reasons for the inability to complete.Chapter ? is a separate part,with the title "between ideal and reality".Based on the public works plan of the time,the preacher 's public lectures and his works,and the previous research results,we will try to explore what kind of construction concept the people who presided over the Guangzhou municipal engineering construction in the 1920 s hold,the achievements the municipal engineering in this period had wanted to get,and the problems they were wanted to solved.In conclution,the focus of this chapter and the full text will be on the distance between planning and practice,starting from the analysis of the reasons for the success or failure of specific engineering construction,and summing up the commonalities of Guangzhou municipal engineering construction in this period.