1885 the Qing court appointed Liu Mingchuan as the first governor of Taiwan Province province. During his tenure in Taiwan Province Province, Liu Mingchuan built railways, opened coal mines, founded telecommunications, reformed postal services, developed shipping, promoted trade in Taiwan Province Province and developed education, which promoted the development of modern industry and commerce in Taiwan Province Province and strengthened the defense of Taiwan Province Province. In the Qing Dynasty, Liu Mingchuan's Ministry of War was awarded the title of Shangshu, and he was a deputy in naval military affairs.
1890, Liu Mingchuan was strongly opposed by stubborn bureaucrats and severely reprimanded by the Qing court for dealing with foreign tax issues at trading ports, and was forced to submit his resignation to the Qing court. The following year, the Qing court allowed him to resign. With a melancholy heart, Liu Mingchuan left the treasure island he had painstakingly managed for seven years by boat.
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Liu Mingchuan is a pioneer in promoting the modernization of Taiwan Province Province, and has the reputation of westernization movement in Taiwan Province Province and the father of modernization in Taiwan Province Province. 1896 65438+1October 12. The news that treaty of shimonoseki signed the contract came. Liu Mingchuan, who had resigned and lived in his hometown of Liu Xinwei, died of grief when he learned that Taiwan Province Province, which he had created all his life, had been ceded to Japan.
1956, in memory of Liu Mingchuan, Governor of Taiwan Province Province in Qing Dynasty, Dr. Bao Deming and Dr. Li jointly founded Ming Chuan University in Taiwan Province Province. On 2011April 12, Liu Mingchuan's body was buried at the foot of Qian Shan in Feixi, his hometown, and Liu Mingchuan Cemetery was built into a patriotic education base in Feixi County.
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