History of Jinan's Urban Development for a Century; Since the Opening as a Port

Author: Dang Mingde
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: After the Opium War, Western powers, armed with advanced warships and firearms, forced the weak Qing government, which was in a precarious state, to sign a series of unequal treaties. The "opening of treaty ports" led to the forced opening of China's doors, which had been closed for centuries, marking the beginning of China's humiliating period as a colony and semi-colony. At the same time, it also initiated the historical process of modern opening-up. Against this backdrop, a century ago, in 1904, in the ancient city of Jinan, which had weathered millennia of storms and vicissitudes, a milestone event in the history of Jinan's urban development occurred: a group of visionary Qing officials, with great courage, petitioned the court to open a commercial port. This marked the beginning of Jinan's modern history of opening-up and urbanization. A hundred years of historical turmoil, condensed in an instant. On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of Jinan's opening-up, we examine this period of history with a probing gaze, attempting to outline the trajectory of Jinan's urbanization process since its opening-up. This book is divided into eight chapters, with the main content including: A Historical Review—Jinan before the Opening-Up, Jinan from the Opening-Up to the Pre-PRC Era, Jinan in the First Three Decades of the New China, and the Economic, Political, and Spiritual Civilization Construction Since the Reform and Opening-Up.