What were the private entrepreneurs in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China?
After the Revolution of 1911 and the founding of the Republic of China, democratic republic and saving the country by industry became the two most popular thoughts in China at that time, and a large number of famous patriotic industrialists emerged, which created a short spring for the development of Chinese national capitalism. The most famous ones are Nanzhang (Zhang Jian: Nantong Cotton Mill, advocating the development of iron and steel industry), (Zhou: Qixin Cement Company), Rong Desheng, and (Shen Xin Cotton Mill).