为求民族资本主义独立发展的河南绅商

Henan Gentle Merchants for Independent Development of National Capitalism

19世纪末20世纪初,以英国福公司为首的西方列强经济侵略深入河南,攫取了焦作煤矿的开采权,把河南封闭的经济纳入了世界经济大市场中。由于特殊的国际和国内环境,使河南绅士阶层发生很大变化。在“救亡图存”的旗帜下,河南绅商领导了社会各界收回矿权的斗争,并积极投入到兴办近代新式工矿企业,谋求发展本国资本主义经济的行列中。

Western power economic organizations led by British Fox syndicate intruded into Henan Province from the end of 19th century to the beginning of 20th century, which grabbed the right of mining coal in Jiaozuo, thus pulled closed economy of Henan into the market of the world economy. Because of the special domestic and international conditions, Henan gentle merchants changed a lot. They led different social circles for the struggle to take bake the right of mining coal under the banner of to save the nation and survive, and threw themsel ves into the struggle to set up modern factory - mine enterprises and develop national capitalist economy.