Zhang Jian (65438+May 25, 0853-65438+July 17, 0926) is a native of Changle Town, Haimen City, and Changshu, Jiangsu Province. Top scholar in late Qing Dynasty. In some of his life, he enriched many pioneering work in the textile industry. He established a textile mill, an oil mill, a merchant college and the first museum in China in this country, especially in light industry. He is a modern industrialist, politician and educator in China.

Zhang Zhidong (1837 ~ 1909) and Xiao, Xiang Tao and Xiang Yan are also called Gong Yi. Holding ice in his own name in his later years. Han nationality, a native of Nanpi, Zhili (now Nanpi, Hebei) in Qing Dynasty, is one of the representatives of Westernization School. His proposal of "taking middle school as the body and western learning as the application" is a summary and generalization of the basic programs of the Westernization School and the early Reformists. Mao Zedong spoke highly of his contribution to the development of China's national industry, and once said, "When it comes to China's national industry, heavy industry cannot forget Zhang Zhidong".

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