左宗棠开发西北的战略举措与深远影响

19世纪下半页 ,左宗棠对我国西北进行了一次颇具规模的开发与建设。其政治举措是新疆建省 ,统一政制 ;整顿吏治 ,刷新政风。经济举措是屯田实边 ,振兴农牧 ;治河修渠 ,大兴水利 ;筑城修路 ,广种树木 ;整理田赋 ,革新币制 ;创办洋务 ,发展工商。文教举措是大办书院 ,广育人才 ;遍设义学 ,普及教育 ;甘肃分闱 ,拓宽仕路等。这一系列措施 ,有力地捍卫了祖国的统一与领土完整 ,发展了西北的经济与文化教育事业 ,从而对后世产生了深远的影响 ,对我国今天的西部大开发仍有着现实启发意义

Zuo Zongtang''s Strategic Moves to Open up the Northwestern China and Its Profound Influence

In the later half of the 19th century, Zuo Zongtang made a large scale opening up and construction in the northwestern China. His moves included, politically, establishing Xinjiang Province, which made its regime the same as that of other parts of China, and regulating the official operation, which blew a fresh air into the body politic; economically, having his troops open up wastelands and strengthen the border areas so as to vitalize agriculture and stockbreeding, harnessing rivers and digging irrigative ditches so as to make full use of water resources, constructing cities and highways while planting trees in a great deal, adjusting the feudal land tax and improving the currency system, putting forward the Westernization Movement to develop industry and commerce; culturally and educationally, building up a number of academies to cultivating all kinds of talented persons, establishing a lot of schools free of charge to make primary education widespread, arranging imperial examinations separately in Gansu Province to make it possible for more candidates to be chosen into the officialdom. With the help of these moves, Zuo Zongtang powerfully defended the reunification of Chinese Nations and safeguarded the territorial integrity of China, and developed economy, education and culture of the northwestern area, therefore leaving a profound influence on the descendant. And his moves would throw some practical light on our opening up of the western China today.