Li Hongzhang (1823 February15-19011October 7th), a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, was one of the main * * * of the Westernization Movement. He is from Hefei, Anhui Province, known as Li, also known as Li Hefei.
As the founder and commander-in-chief of the Huai Army and Beiyang Navy, the leader of the Westernization Movement, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, an official to the governor of Zhili, and Beiyang Trade Minister, he received a bachelor's degree in Wenhua Temple and signed the Vietnam Treaty, the treaty of shimonoseki and the Concise Treaty between China and France on behalf of the Qing government.
Japanese Prime Minister Hirofumi Ito regarded him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who was able to compete with the world powers", while Empress Dowager Cixi regarded him as "the man who recreated Huang Zhi" and wrote The Complete Works of Li Wenzhong. Together with Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong and Zuo, they are called "four famous ministers of ZTE", and together with Bismarck and Grant, they are called "three great men in the world in the 19th century".