| As an important part of urban communication system,telephone is the medium of urban information exchange and plays a key role in urban municipal construction and development.With the opening of the telephone industry in China in modern times,the telephone industry gradually developed in China's major cities.In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,foreign businessmen set up telephone companies one after another in order to monopolize the right of telephone operation in China.In order to promote the construction and development of telephone industry,the late Qing Dynasty and beiyang government actively raised funds to set up several large urban telephone bureaus and suburban sub-bureaus,and purchased advanced machinery and equipment from abroad to improve the application of technology and improve the quality of telephone calls.At the same time,in order to ensure the orderly management and operation of the telephone exchange,the two governments have continuously improved the management organization and management system of the telephone exchange,set up schools and workshops to train employees,and formulated rules and regulations to improve their service level.On the operation of the bureau,business outlets are set up to handle all kinds of business,and regular maintenance of the machine line is carried out to ensure the normal operation of the communication.While enjoying the communication service,users also need to fulfill the obligation of paying telephone charges and protecting equipment.Although telephone development in this period was limited,it should be recognized that Beijing telephone industry played an important role in political and military information transmission,public security management of police department and economic development of multiple industries.As a new municipal telephone utility,the telephone has brought great changes to the form of social organization and life style. |
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