董修甲与近代汉口的市政建设述评

Commentary on DONG Xiu-jia and Modern Municipal Construction in Hankou

董修甲是20世纪20年代市政改革运动中脱颖而出的市政专家,是西方市政理论的传播者和实践者。在传播和实践的过程中他形成了自己独特的市政理念,推进了西方市政理论的本土化。董修甲在汉口所进行的市政改革活动是我国城市近代化的缩影。他是汉口工务和公用事业的开拓者,市政行政管理制度化和决策科学化的倡导者,市政人才选拔和培养的推进者,为我国城市近代化做出了巨大贡献。以董修甲为代表推动的市政改革思潮是我国近代社会思潮中不可忽视的思想流派,为我国的城市现代化建设留下了宝贵的精神财富。

DONG Xiu-jia was an expert who showed his talent in the reform of the municipal administration in 1920s, propagated and practiced the western theory of municipal administration. In the process, he evolved his special idea of municipal administration, made the western theory of municipal administration adapt to his native country. His reform of municipal administration in Hankou was a miniature of city modernization in China. He, the developer of public utilities of Hankou, the initiator of systemization of municipal administration and sciencization of decision, the propeller of selecting and fostering talents of municipal administration, made a great contribution for Chinese city modernization. The ideological trend of municipal administration reform sponsored by DONG Xiu-jia, can not be neglected in our modern social thoughts, which served valuable spiritual wealth for our city modernization.